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Liability for speeding in stolen cars
Its never happened to me (touch wood) but if a car is stolen and the thieves whizz through a number of speed traps and dump the car on private land and get clamped, would I be liable for all the fines and the points?
I know when my son had his car stolen he had to pay to have it unclamped as the thieves were never caught, but what if they had of been?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When the Notice of Intended Prosecution comes through you, as the owner, have to name the driver. In this case you state that you cannot name the driver (or maybe you can if the thieves were caught).
You will have to give the Crime Reference Number that the police give you when you report your car stolen.
If you didn't report the car stolen, or if you deliberately delay doing so, you would be at risk of getting the points and fine as the owner of the car if the court thought that you were not acting in good faith.
I was joking john91, although This happened to a freind of mine who had to work really hard to avoid a speeding prosecution after his car was stolen - in much the same circumstances as you describe.
Basically the police are not interested in any explanation that will require tham doing more work than is absolutely necessary. They take the path of least resistance when investigating crime, and if the explanation does require them to actually investigate a crime, then they aren't interested.
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