OT - Driving ban appeals process

Harry Bloomfield, Esq. · 2021-10-01T11:46:14+00:00

Posted here as well as ULM for extra coverage/advice..Not me and I am struggling to get the entire story, but looking for advice on behalf of....The court is in Carlisle, he lives in Middlesbrough.Three points on licence from 2018.Then a series of three speed camera flashes more recently which would normally take it to twelve points, except he did a speed awareness course for the last time flashed. He suggests he was recorded as just over the speed limit in all three occasions. He says the DVLA site says he has 9 points on his licence, plus a code for the speed awareness.He failed to get the summons to court and they banned him for 6 months. As his ability to drive was crucial to his job and the salary crucial for his family, he has appealed and has a court date 14th October -to plead for his licence back.He will be armed with a letter from the company he works for, saying how valuable an employee he is to them, plus his own letter explaining how much damage a such a ban and loss of income would do to his young family.He doesn't have a solicitor, cannot afford one - will a duty solicitor be provided by the court when he gets there to help him represent himself?Why with 9 points on his licence did he get a ban, I thought it was 12 before a ban?Any other advice please on his situation?

Oct 01, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 43 Replies

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Andy Burns 4 years ago

That hasn't existed for decades, it's called "Signed For" now, but due to covid nothing gets signed nowadays.

Just drive past a couple of the handy speedo calibration flashing signs on a stick.

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Dave Plowman (News 4 years ago

RM - same as others - have stopped getting signatures since Covid.

You obviously get very little mail if you didn't know this. And also with that crass statement about them. My postman is far more caring than any of the alterative delivery systems.

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alan_m 4 years ago

I would suggest that if you had a regular postman and received regular deliveries of such mail not getting the signature was long before Covid :)

Can anyone write their normal recognisable signature on those electronic pads?

I have had a couple of items go missing in RM tracking in the past 6 months. They've gone into their system but no record of them being delivered (nor had they been). It's not just RM where items go missing. This year has been very bad for me with 5 tracked items going missing.

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Dave Plowman (News 4 years ago

True - but that was classed as a sig. Since Covid, no contact at all. Think they must rely on the honesty of the postman to say it has been delivered.

Must admit to not having had any problems. But things obviously go missing as nothing can ever be 100% reliable.

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