Fine or prison

derealbadger

if you take prison instead of a fine for road traffic offence do you get a record

Our man in Havana

Yes.

derealbadger

yes you do get a criminal record even though it is not for a criminal offence is that what you are saying

Hooch

derealbadger wrote: »

yes you do get a criminal record even though it is not for a criminal offence is that what you are saying

Enlighten us to the offence maybe?

derealbadger

nice guy always wrote: »

Enlighten us to the offence maybe?

no car tax

Hooch

derealbadger wrote: »

no car tax

What you will recieve is a conviction, not a criminal conviction but still a conviction. It can be given in future court cases as previous convictions and generally must be included in job/visa applications.

Whether you take the fine or prison you'll still receive a conviction im afraid.

derealbadger

nice guy always wrote: »

What you will recieve is a conviction, not a criminal conviction but still a conviction. It can be given in future court cases as previous convictions and generally must be included in job/visa applications.

Whether you take the fine or prison you'll still receive a conviction im afraid.

so no benefit in paying it then

and when you say visa apps say if going to U,S.A will it have an effect

and does it stay on permanently

Our man in Havana

Yes.

derealbadger

Bond-007 wrote: »

Yes.

emmmm very enlightening 007

GerardKeating

derealbadger wrote: »

so no benefit in paying it then

There is a benifit to paying, no jail time...

derealbadger wrote: »

and when you say visa apps say if going to U,S.A will it have an effect

and does it stay on permanently

There is a bill to introduce a time limit to how long convictions appear on a record, but i do not think it was passed yet.

Hooch

GerardKeating wrote: »

There is a benifit to paying, no jail time...

There is a bill to introduce a time limit to how long convictions appear on a record, but i do not think it was passed yet.

Agree with your first part.

The bill was never passed into law and tbh I cant see it being done anytime soon.

derealbadger

nice guy always wrote: »

Agree with your first part.

The bill was never passed into law and tbh I cant see it being done anytime soon.

Gard told me that if i wanted they would bring me to limerick prison but that i would not be kept any way as they don't have any room and that the fine is then gone and if that is the case i cant see any reason to pay also if the initial fine had been paid at the time of the offence would i still have got a record i don't understand how you get a record because you don't pay the initial fine but if it goes to court you do it is still the same offence no