Fair Cop - Advice Please

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Awhat you got a producer too?
What a stupid thing that is. Copper being a douche if you ask me. They would already know if you had a licence, insurance n tax as it's all computerised now.
What's the point in issuing a producer? Knob

Do you always jump in with both feet without at least looking to see what you're going into?

He hasn't been given a "producer". He's been given a conditional fixed penalty notice. The reason it's conditional it that you have to surrender both parts of your licence to make it a full ticket that you can then pay. As the OP wasn't able to surrender them at the side of the road he has 7 days to take them to a nominated police station. Once he has done that he can then pay the ticket. The ticket office will endorse his licence once they get his money and return it to him, job done.

No douches or knobs involved, at least not at the roadside.

[the_lone_wolf]

I'm impressed the policeman was able to classify your social demographic from all the way up at the top of the slip road...

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

DVLA issue the points to the license not the police.

Actually mate it's the courts. The ticket office act for the courts.

[Mr Speirs]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Actually mate it's the courts. The ticket office act for the courts.

To get the points added to your license you send it away to the DVLA that was my point not that the DVLA actually give you the points.

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Do you always jump in with both feet without at least looking to see what you're going into?

He hasn't been given a "producer". He's been given a conditional fixed penalty notice. The reason it's conditional it that you have to surrender both parts of your licence to make it a full ticket that you can then pay. As the OP wasn't able to surrender them at the side of the road he has 7 days to take them to a nominated police station. Once he has done that he can then pay the ticket. The ticket office will endorse his licence once they get his money and return it to him, job done.

No douches or knobs involved, at least not at the roadside.

I have a producer for presenting my license within 7 days also.

He stated he'd been given a producer...what did I miss?

Originally Posted by DSGMATT

I know - it has something to do with me being a 'soft' target - the middle class working guy who pays his due and is fully legal. Same story repeated every day - a minute of madness and you pay the price literally.

Oh come on! You own a bike - how many times have you strayed over the speed limit and NOT been caught? I'm guessing your ratio of being caught/not being caught is pretty high.

ACPO guideline for a court summons is 96mph in a 70 limit, hence MBK's force not issuing FPN over 95.

I got a summons for 60 mph in a 40, when the ACPO guideline is 66mph.

So yes, you did just get off lightly, the copper cut you some slack because you were polite and honest.

Take 3 points and £60, it's a gift.

[dyzio]

I think there was a quote on here:

3 points, 60 quid - bargain!

[Stu]

Originally Posted by DSGMATT

And yes I clenched when the mirrors lit up. Cannot possibly say on an open forum what my speedo read when I looked down....

Why not? mine said 155mph this evening.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Awhat you got a producer too?
What a stupid thing that is. Copper being a douche if you ask me. They would already know if you had a licence, insurance n tax as it's all computerised now.
What's the point in issuing a producer? Knob

Every Fixed Penalty notice is also producer.
You can't get one without the other AFAIK

Edit: sorry just posting as I read the thread - already dealt with

Originally Posted by Stu

Every Fixed Penalty notice is also producer.
You can't get one without the other AFAIK

I've had more than one FPN and never had to produce anything unless I was given a separate producer.