I have recently been flashed by a Gatso camera, what happens next?
The Police have 14 days to send you a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP). They also get an allowance of a couple of days for the post to deliver it. So if its more than 17days since you were flashed they are too late to prosecute you, unless you were driving a company car, hire car or someone elses car. In these circumstances they are allowed more time to track you down. Q. The Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) arrived outside of the “14” day period. You should be able to get the prosecution dropped – get our lawyers to write you a legal letter and it should go away. This is assuming that you are the registered owner of the vehicle. Q. The NIP arrived outside of the”14″ day period, as they had my address/details incorrectly recorded or not upto date. Section 1(1) Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 requires that Notices of Intended Prosecution must be served within 14 days if a prosecution is to be successful. However, s2(3) of that Act provides an escape clause for the police. It say
