How would this pan out?

[Pete.]

Purely hypothetical situation here not a fishing exercise. It's something that occurred to me a while ago and I just remembered it so putting it out here for opinions.

Person A gets S172 through post for a traffic offence. Nominates Person B as the driver. Person B gets a S172 through the post, nominates Person A as the driver.

What then?
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[Ste]

fite

[winz]

[Matt B]

Eventually, both person A and B get summonsed to appear in court and explain it all to a very understanding magistrate?
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[Poseidon]

Slightly similar situation that went something like this...

Van got caught doing 36 in a 30mph zone. NIP went to firm that leased the van.

Firm had returned the van, so NIP was reissued to lease firm.

Lease firm had sold the van, so NIP went to purchaser.

Purchaser was out of the country at the time, so sent detials of who they thought was driving the vehicle at the time. NIP was sent to them

Person who received the NIP replied saying they have never had anything to do with the van. Was summoned to court.

In court (some 14 months after the initial event as each party had ridden the deadline for returning the NIP, possibly on purpose, then the usual wait for a court date) person named explained that it was 14 months ago, no idea who was driving the van, or indeed who owned the vehicle at the time, owing mostly to the fact the V5 spent most of this time in the royal mail system. Magistrates acknowledged the sticky wicket this presented and let the person named walk free.

Person named went home a happy bunny, being careful to obey all speed limits.


I guess this shows that every now and then they just can't be bothered launching a full scale investigation into kitten killers.

EDIT: forgot a bit... The NIP went to the person who bought the van at their UK address, but as they were out of the country, the NIP was returned (at the last possible moment), to be re-issued to the owners temporary address in Ireland, only for them to return it (at the last possible moment) with the address of the person named as a driver back in the UK.

EDIT EDIT:

I remembered a case a while back where a couple couldn't remember who was driving. Both went to court, both were punished.

Excuse the daily mail link
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