Speeding: Not Sure Who Was Driving
Following a speeding offence, you may receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), as well as Section 172 notice, if you are the registered keeper of the vehicle caught speeding. These documents will be sent by the police, requiring you return (within 28 days) the Section 172, informing the police of who was driving the vehicle.
At times, you may be involved in cases where you were issued with a speeding ticket but don’t know who was driving. This “speeding ticket not sure who was driving” scenario needs proper consideration.
If you’re not sure how best to approach the situation, find and involve a reliable speeding solicitor who can offer the right legal assistance.

                                                    How can we help with your speeding ticket unknown driver situation?
Caddick Davies Solicitors is a team of motoring solicitors who specialise exclusively in motoring law. We possess a high level of expertise and have gained a lot of experience in assisting clients throughout England and Wales, some of whom have found themselves in the “speeding ticket but don’t know who was driving” situation. Receiving the Section 172 notice and the requirement to return it back is not always a simple task.
You are advised to be aware of exactly what you are doing, with relevant legislation interpreted by higher courts occasionally. You need to understand the legal options you are considering and, often, being in a situation where you do not know who was driving the vehicle registered under your name does not necessarily make the situation any easier. This is certainly why speeding solicitors are of great help at this point.
Ensure you get qualified and experienced legal experts. It is important, first of all, to understand what the Section 172 notice constitutes. Section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is an obligation to the registered keeper to provide information about the driver on their vehicle. You could be charged with a “Section 172 offence” by failing to provide the required information, so you should get guidance on how to best deal with these notices and summons.

                                                    
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                                                    What are the mitigating circumstances around driver identity and speeding?
There are a number of things that could lead to a scenario where you receive a speeding ticket and are not sure who was driving.  If you receive a Section 172 notice yet you are not sure who was driving, you may possibly be in a case where mistakes were made. There have been cases where the police have acquired the wrong registration number for speeding, consequently, mistakenly sending a Section 172 notice to the wrong person.
You may also be unaware that cloned vehicle plates exist in the UK and that your number plate may be among the ones cloned. Should the other vehicle with the cloned registration get flashed for speeding, it would be you who receives a Section 172 notice requiring you to inform the police who the driver was in the car caught offending. If you are confident that your vehicle was not involved in any speeding or other driving offence, contact our legal team at Caddick Davies.
Caddick Davies will assist you to address this issue and look to stop such a case before it develops into a summons. There are times, when in fact your vehicle was involved in a speeding offence, and getting a speeding ticket where you don’t know who was driving situation may actually involve someone who was driving your vehicle. You are warned not to simply guess, since naming the wrong person while returning a Section 172 notice could make the issue more serious.

                                                    
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Our legal team always advise you to request from the police any available photographs, which are of course very helpful in identifying the driver. Since any interactions with the police can be considered evidence, you should be aware of this when dealing with them. As you pursue this issue the police, ensure you have a speeding solicitor advising and/or representing you.
You should not be guilty of an offence [under s.172(2)(a)] if you prove you could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained who was driving the vehicle of which you are the registered keeper. There may be summons that follow, so you will need a speeding solicitor with the expertise and experience to handle such a case.
You should contact Caddick Davies Solicitors for such a legal service. We can offer the ideal legal guidance and have represented many clients in such speeding charge situations. Call us on 0151 280 3346, or use our website to request a callback or email us, and we’ll provide an initial no-obligation consultation free of charge and give an honest appraisal after looking through your case, offering helpful advice on how to approach your Section 172 notice.