Caught speeding in Northern Ireland

Andy Mc

Hi,

I have a feeling I have got caught speeding last weekend on the way back from Belfast. I have a ROI registered car and an ROI licence. I have the following questions:

1. Can they put points on my licence.
2. What is the fine and do I need to pay or can I ignore as it is outside the Republic?

Thanks in advance

If you were not stopped then you will hear nothing more about it. An Irish reg means nothing to them and they cannot trace it.

Even if you were stopped they cannot apply points to an ROI license.

bazzachazza

+1

Forget about it. It never happened. Cross border speeding fines are not passed on.

Andy Mc

I wasn't stopped so thats great news , thanks for that.

gaz wac

Old thread I know, but does this still stand ?

milly4ever

i thought there was an all-ireland points scheme now.

Stark

No, just all-Ireland driving bans. The points systems are still separate. They'd need to harmonize them first of all as speeding carries a different number of points up North to down here.

gaz wac

So you just pay the fine but dont get any points, yea?

Unless you are a very regular visitor to NI you can probably ignore the fine also.

gaz wac

Only second time ever up there, but wasnt excatly following the speed limits and there were cameras all over the place !! only when I came home, people were saying that I can get fined / points....ahh sure ill forget about it so

cheers

gaz wac

gaz wac wrote: »

Only second time ever up there, but wasnt excatly following the speed limits and there were cameras all over the place !! only when I came home, people were saying that I can get fined / points....ahh sure ill forget about it so

cheers

Well if you were not stopped you are definitely in the clear. A photo of an Irish reg is no good to them.

jock101

If they put you on there ANPR computer records, you will be flagged, and arrested and your car will be seized the next time to drive that car in the UK, not just NI!

ardmacha

A photo of an Irish reg is no good to them.

I wouldn't rely on this. But wait and see if a fine arrives. If one does it might be advisable to pay it, as Jock101 says.

L1011

jock101 wrote: »

If they put you on there ANPR computer records, you will be flagged, and arrested and your car will be seized the next time to drive that car in the UK, not just NI!

Sensationalist paranoid bullshit.

As it stands the PSNI dispose of camera films of Irish registered cars. They do NOTHING about them.

jock101

MYOB wrote: »

Sensationalist paranoid bullshit.

As it stands the PSNI dispose of camera films of Irish registered cars. They do NOTHING about them.

You reckon SunShine, try it and found out!

Our man in Havana

LOL!

They do nothing with them. Fact.

jock101

jock101 wrote: »

You reckon SunShine, try it and found out!

I'd be pretty confident he knows what he is talking about, unlike some in this thread.

L1011

jock101 wrote: »

You reckon SunShine, try it and found out!

Reckon? Try? Try? About five years ahead of you.

Take multiple passings through the Beech Hill SPECS system at 70+mph and repeatedly passing PSNI ANPR vehicles since.

The PSNI do not persue southern drivers for speeding offences which are caught robotically. They will request payment on the spot if they pull someone over. This is as far as they go.

I'd suggest you take the little knowledge you have of speeding and road safety and put it to use somewhere else, as you're not getting very far with it here.

messymess

Angelina Deafening Mole wrote: »

If you were not stopped then you will hear nothing more about it. An Irish reg means nothing to them and they cannot trace it.

Even if you were stopped they cannot apply points to an ROI license.

I've read complete horror stories from a few people over on DTD about being arrested on the side of the road and brought down the police station, to bail yourself out and appear in court the next day! And this was for being only marginally over the speed limit, not something ridiculous! He's probably a lot better off he wasn't stopped!

Our man in Havana

Wiltshire and South Wales police have yet to say anything to me about setting off any of the Gatsos on the M4 in the UK. I travel over there several times a year.

L1011

Haddockman wrote: »

Wiltshire and South Wales police have yet to say anything to me about setting off any of the Gatsos on the M4 in the UK. I travel over there several times a year.

Sussex Police have similarly yet to throw me in the clink for setting off every single one on the Brighton seafront one night

Our man in Havana

messymess wrote: »

I've read complete horror stories from a few people over on DTD about being arrested on the side of the road and brought down the police station, to bail yourself out and appear in court the next day! And this was for being only marginally over the speed limit, not something ridiculous! He's probably a lot better off he wasn't stopped!

The whole taking of photographs, fingerprints and DNA samples also. And a trip to Banbridge Magistrates court where the fine will magically turn out to be £300.

ninja 12

I got pulled in a couple of months ago about 5 miles from Newry (on the Belfast side ) . I was on the way home and the road was pretty much empty .

I was shown the reading on the gun , I was doing 52mph in a 40 mph zone (Roadworks , but it was a Saturday and nobody was working on them )

The PSNI officer was polite enough and looked at my licence but explained that because I was in a southern reg car and had an Irish licence they can't send a fine in the post and the only way to deal with me was to arrest me and bring me to the local station for processing .

I got a nice little speech about the dangers of speeding etc .

She then told me that they weren't out to hassle people but were trying to get drivers to slow down .

I was then asked to take it handy the rest of the way home .

I have a quick question or two -
Is the only way to deal with speeding southern reg cars up north to arrest driers ?
Was she just trying to scare me to get me to slow down ?


Just curious as to what usually happens .