Court appearance No NCT

xxlauraxxox

Posting this for a friend.she was caught with no NCT around sept2012 and received a summons today shes terrifed shell be put off the road.its her first time and has never been in court before.im thinking most shell get is a fine of up to 1500e and 5penalty points but can a judge actually put you off the road?thanks guys

L-M

Anyone I've ever heard been brought to court over it its been thrown out.

Actually happened a friend of mine very recently.

That said she may not be as lucky.

johnayo

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

Posting this for a friend.she was caught with no NCT around sept2012 and received a summons today shes terrifed shell be put off the road.its her first time and has never been in court before.im thinking most shell get is a fine of up to 1500e and 5penalty points but can a judge actually put you off the road?thanks guys

How long was it out of date?

shooter88

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

Posting this for a friend.she was caught with no NCT around sept2012 and received a summons today shes terrifed shell be put off the road.its her first time and has never been in court before.im thinking most shell get is a fine of up to 1500e and 5penalty points but can a judge actually put you off the road?thanks guys

How long was test out?how long did your friend own car?anything else like no tax etc..

xxlauraxxox

it was taxed and was out about 7months she had a crash in march and had to cancel the orginal nct she was waiting 4months for the insurance to pay up and fix it she had the tru the nct but it failed on minor issues that have since been fixed...she will be hiring a lawyer on the day to speak for her and she will have everything fro her peronal injury lawyer etc to say she was injuried and wasnt working..shes just worried shell be off the road

shooter88

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

it was taxed and was out about 7months she had a crash in march and had to cancel the orginal nct she was waiting 4months for the insurance to pay up and fix it she had the tru the nct but it failed on minor issues that have since been fixed...she will be hiring a lawyer on the day to speak for her and she will have everything fro her peronal injury lawyer etc to say she was injuried and wasnt working..shes just worried shell be off the road

Hiring a solicitor on the day is a terrible idea it gives them no time to look at case and basically just stand there and take your sentence..I can't image anything from her personal injury lawyer saying she Isint working will help with not having nct

da6xsi

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

it was taxed and was out about 7months she had a crash in march and had to cancel the orginal nct she was waiting 4months for the insurance to pay up and fix it she had the tru the nct but it failed on minor issues that have since been fixed...she will be hiring a lawyer on the day to speak for her and she will have everything fro her peronal injury lawyer etc to say she was injuried and wasnt working..shes just worried shell be off the road

how could she be put of the road for no nct haha where she get that mad notion out of ..?

fine and points is all

end of discussion

xxlauraxxox

shooter88 wrote: »

Hiring a solicitor on the day is a terrible idea it gives them no time to look at case and basically just stand there and take your sentence..I can't image anything from her personal injury lawyer saying she Isint working will help with not having nct

would it not just as proof that she was invovled in an accicdent and the fact she was unable to work due to her injuries.she suffers fro high blood pressure and panic attacks so feels a solister talking in court for her is the best matter

da6xsi

shooter88 wrote: »

Hiring a solicitor on the day is a terrible idea it gives them no time to look at case and basically just stand there and take your sentence..I can't image anything from her personal injury lawyer saying she Isint working will help with not having nct

not true at all and terrible advice

your solicitor will have another court date set or will get the info before case proceeds

xxlauraxxox

da6xsi wrote: »

not true at all and terrible advice

your solicitor will have another court date set or will get the info before case proceeds

shell have an appointment made with one to explain the story and he can speak in court thanks guys for the advice she was just terrifed shed be put off the road is willing to accept points and a heafy fine..

da6xsi

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

shell have an appointment made with one to explain the story and he can speak in court thanks guys for the advice she was just terrifed shed be put off the road is willing to accept points and a heafy fine..

which solicitor in waterford is it?

max is 1000 fine and 5 points

i think with the story youve given and a decent solicitor fine wont be that large maybe 150-350

xxlauraxxox

da6xsi wrote: »

which solicitor in waterford is it?

max is 1000 fine and 5 points

i think with the story youve given and a decent solicitor fine wont be that large maybe 150-350

the case is in limerick and a well known limerick solister who is always in the district court will take the case shes meeting him next week to fill him in

ebbsy

Great to see the guards protecting the citizens.

xxlauraxxox

ebbsy wrote: »

Great to see the guards protecting the citizens.

what that mean

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

what that mean

Smart arse quip about the gards picking on ordinary citizens rather than the "real criminals"

freezer502

i thought the cops were using their discretion from now on

xxlauraxxox

Johnny Electricity wrote: »

Smart arse quip about the gards picking on ordinary citizens rather than the "real criminals"

could you picture saying that to a judge lol

peter barrins

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corktina

nope, mandatory court appearance...

peter barrins

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mb1725

Another 'friend' story eh?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83257007&postcount=50

anoda_username

Seems to be bit more to the story

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82049234

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83300477&postcount=3

xxlauraxxox

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

she suffers fro high blood pressure and panic attacks

Haha. If she says that then she probably will be put off the road.

Henry Ford III

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

would it not just as proof that she was invovled in an accicdent and the fact she was unable to work due to her injuries.she suffers fro high blood pressure and panic attacks so feels a solister talking in court for her is the best matter

The insurers may take more than a passing interest in this too.

visual

Henry Ford III wrote: »

The insurers may take more than a passing interest in this too.

insurance companies won't miss the opportunity to extract more cash.

ebbsy

Johnny Electricity wrote: »

Smart arse quip about the gards picking on ordinary citizens rather than the "real criminals"

Got it in one Johnny

RidleyRider

From the posts above the OP should be put off the road. No tax last year and now this? I think she's trying to kid people..

monkeypants

ebbsy wrote: »

Great to see the guards protecting the citizens from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

Fixed that for you. You're welcome.

michellie

Oh that's just embarrassing.

da6xsi

RidleyRider wrote: »

From the posts above the OP should be put off the road. No tax last year and now this? I think she's trying to kid people..

get a grip you moron

banning people in harsh economic times for no tax and no nct are you well in the head?

A large percentage of this country will drive around every year without tax or nct at some point

What do you mean by and now this? caught with no nct its at the lower end of the scale in offences swear she was caught speeding past a school at half 8 in morning

I agree the OP has approached this in a shady way but if you think courts should start banning people over likes of no nct then your an idiot im afraid!

Most unintelligent post ive seen yet

monkeypants

da6xsi wrote: »

I agree the OP has approached this in a shady way but if you think courts should start banning people over likes of no nct then your an idiot im afraid!

Forget about the tax situation, it's a symptom that we should set aside for now as it can confuse things. So safety tests for vehicles should be optional? The issue is a potentially unsafe vehicle and potentially unsafe driver on the road.

visual

monkeypants wrote: »

Forget about the tax situation, it's a symptom that we should set aside for now as it can confuse things. So safety tests for vehicles should be optional? The issue is a potentially unsafe vehicle and potentially unsafe driver on the road.

Protentially, might be, possible. But equally true isn't unsafe, unlikely to cause or be involved in accident.

You do realise that defective vehicles are a tiny % of the reason cars are involved in collisions and its even a smaller % that have no nct.

I be more likely to agree if it failed nct and was listed as dangerous and was still on road.

Or if the garda and RSA inspectors found serious fault during a road side inspection.

But non display of a current NCT paper disk with hugh fine and 5 points is harsh by any means.

JohnBoy26

monkeypants wrote: »

Forget about the tax situation, it's a symptom that we should set aside for now as it can confuse things. So safety tests for vehicles should be optional? The issue is a potentially unsafe vehicle and potentially unsafe driver on the road.

Even a car with an Nct can be a ''potentially unsafe vehicle''.

da6xsi

monkeypants wrote: »

Forget about the tax situation, it's a symptom that we should set aside for now as it can confuse things. So safety tests for vehicles should be optional? The issue is a potentially unsafe vehicle and potentially unsafe driver on the road.

not only did you get two good responses of other users but i dont like when people draw points from my posts which i didnt create

When and where did i say the nct should be optional? Did i say that anywhere in any post? No i didnt

My point is with high service/repair costs ,booking delays and the harsh economic times were in how can you justify banning people and possibly causing them to lose their job(often a result) and loss of access to services (worst result possible for rural population) etc all over no nct not once did she say her car had failed a nct test or was deemed unsafe at any point

Visual nailed the rest of it no point in reiterating it.