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Speed camera - letter

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  • 28-02-2017 4:49pm
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    PiotrIr
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭


    Hi,
    I've recently had impression got speed camera photo, however I haven't got any letter. What if it was lost by post? Is any way to check this somewhere on-line?
    Thank you.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    PiotrIr wrote: »
    I've recently had impression got speed camera photo

    Um what?


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    PiotrIr
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭PiotrIr


    I was expecting penalty points for speeding.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Unless you get something in the letter box then you don't have anything to worry about. Plain and simple.


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    Rightwing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    If you don't get a letter, don't go looking for 1. ;)


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    PiotrIr
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭PiotrIr


    Yeah, my friend didn't got the letter and now has to go to court.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    PiotrIr wrote: »
    Yeah, my friend didn't got the letter and now has to go to court.

    If he tells the judge that he didn't get the letter (weither its true or not) then the case will be struck out. This defence is used on a daily basis.

    PS: I'm not advocating that anyone lies................ obviously.


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    PiotrIr
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭PiotrIr


    Well, my other friend was stopped by Garda and accused he has spoken over mobile while driving. He had blue tooth in his ear and tried to explain he was talking over it. Didn't help, ended in court. Judge didn't listen any explanation - 600 Euro. So my trust in honestly of courts here is quite limited...


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    PiotrIr wrote: »
    Well, my other friend was stopped by Garda and accused he has spoken over mobile while driving. He had blue tooth in his ear and tried to explain he was talking over it. Didn't help, ended in court. Judge didn't listen any explanation - 600 Euro. So my trust in honestly of courts here is quite limited...

    That is completely different than getting caught by a speed van.


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,516 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Is your car registered at your home address?


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    #11
    PiotrIr
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭PiotrIr


    yes


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    Rightwing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    PiotrIr wrote: »
    Well, my other friend was stopped by Garda and accused he has spoken over mobile while driving. He had blue tooth in his ear and tried to explain he was talking over it. Didn't help, ended in court. Judge didn't listen any explanation - 600 Euro. So my trust in honestly of courts here is quite limited...

    The judge will nearly always side with the Garda.

    But in this case, the onus is on the company to ensure that you get the speeding ticket. If you don't get it, they can't prove you did unless the letter was registered. It can up to 3 weeks to arrive.


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    tiredblondie
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭tiredblondie


    Is it not a case that a letter is presumed as delivered once sent??
    Or i could be completely making that one up!!


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    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,758 ✭✭✭cython


    tiredblondie wrote: »
    Is it not a case that a letter is presumed as delivered once sent??
    Or i could be completely making that one up!!

    The amount of cases turfed out of court on a regular basis suggest otherwise. There was a report of a judge a while back who went on a major rant because he reckoned that due to the sheer number of people who claimed not to have received the letters at least some/most of them were lying/perjuring themselves.


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    bigbrotherfan
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭bigbrotherfan


    Rightwing wrote: »
    , It can up to 3 weeks to arrive.

    Have others received the letter regarding speeding after a week or is it normally over two weeks before the letter would arrive?


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