Listener Crossword No. 4843 Excuses,...
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Heard from a couple of sources now that this works:
When you get the thing by mail, plead guilty or whatever and agree to the three points / 60 � fine. But when you send them a cheque, send it for �60.02, and then they, by law, have to send you a cheque for 0.02, and the trick is, don't cash this.
Only when they cash the cheque do you get your license endorsed.
This sounds unlikely to me - don't you send in your license at the same time as copping a plea? So in theory you wouldn't get it back, leaving you without it for a very long period of time.
But notwithstanding the physical license issue, would this work?
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Will
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.One method that I read about and which even the authors considered to be a greay area of the law is as follows. You are legally required to provide details of the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence. Get someone else (who wasn't there), to fill out the form. Do not instruct them or give them any details of how to. Then send the form in unsigned. You have provided the police with details (complying with the law), but you haven't signed it, something the law doesn't apparently say that you have a legal duty to do. As it is unsigned, it is not considered a legal document.
I thought this was a bit unlikely so the last time I got a fixed penalty I thought I test the theory. I sent a cheque for �61. They amended the cheque and quoted the law on cheques. apparently if someone gives you a cheque you are allowed to adjust the amount downwards if so desired. So another Urban myth exploded!
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