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UK Summons for Running Red Light ROI Licence

  • 21-08-2009 7:12pm
    #1
    dougdub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭


    I just got a nice summons from the UK from a hire car I was driving.

    "1.85 seconds" running a red light from a fixed camera!

    I done some research and its 3pts on DVLA (UK Licences) and £60 fine - question is how will it work for an Irish resident with ROI licence?

    Will it be just £60 over the phone by cc?


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,131 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Fine, no points. There is (currently) no way for the DVLA / DVA in the North to put points on an Irish licence or vice versa.


  • #3
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    The OP did not get a Summons. He has received a notice of intended prosecution, most likely forwarded on by a car hire company. Nothing will ever become of it.


  • #4
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    dougdub wrote: »
    I just got a nice summons from the UK from a hire car I was driving.

    "1.85 seconds" running a red light from a fixed camera!

    I done some research and its 3pts on DVLA (UK Licences) and £60 fine - question is how will it work for an Irish resident with ROI licence?

    Will it be just £60 over the phone by cc?

    If they(hire company) have your credit card then odds are they already have the money. No points.


  • #5
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Don't work that way in the UK. The hire company simply sends the police your details. Usually once plod sees you are in Ireland it is quietly binned.
    The hire company may charge an admin charge to send on your details to the police. Usually around £25 to £30.


  • #6
    dougdub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭dougdub


    Bond-007 wrote: »
    The OP did not get a Summons. He has received a notice of intended prosecution, most likely forwarded on by a car hire company. Nothing will ever become of it.

    Yes that's exactly what it - by the sound of it ignoring it is the way forward? anyone else ever got one?


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  • #7
    friday1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭friday1


    I would be careful with that one. Think I seen this on "The Real Hustle" on the BBC. Be wary if a collection agent shows up at your door.....and asks for the money.


  • #8
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    And which you can tell him to f**k off as they have no legal authourity to do anything.


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