Ron Burgundy
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Hi all,
I was caught for speeding in March, complete legit and paid my fine.
Now when the letter arrived about the speeding my name was spelled wrong, i just let it slide and paid the fine.
Now i just got a summons for failing to produce my licence within 10 days. I didn't have it on me at the time ( just back from honeymoon and hadn't put it back in the car )
Here is what i want to share.....
1. I WASN'T asked by the Garda to produce my licence and if i had been asked to i would.
2. My name was spelled wrong on the summons
3. The car i was meant to be driving was completely wrong ( year, county and number )
Now i rang and the Garda was not at the station. I am going to talk to her and just state the above, is there any other advice ???
The fact that the other details were wrong means nothing as regarding the summons for failing to produce your licence. You must get a solicitor, He or she will most likely tell you that you will need to send them the license and copy of Insurance for your car so they can produce it to the court. There is no need to be present on the court date, Unless of course you decide to protest it and that is not advisable, as your solicitor will advise you that the judge will always believe the garda that he DID ask you to produce your license. That's the way it is so don't bother to go down that road. So act very quick on the matter as it will show that you take the matter seriously and are seen to be dealing with it. The same thing happened me. I got done for speeding last year and I paid the fine next a summons came through the post. Remember to send any docuements by registerd post if the court has not got them by the date and you can't prove you sent them, well you will be in bigger trouble. Any information I have given is in relation to my own experience and I am NOT in the legal profession. Best of luck
but the op won't have an insurance cert, as he doesn't own the car in the summons....
nor was OP driving the car identified on the summons...
Now i just got a summons for failing to produce my licence within 10 days. I didn't have it on me at the time ( just back from honeymoon and hadn't put it back in the car )
Your honeymoon and whether you normally keep your license in the car is irrelevant. You are supposed to have your license in your posession whenever you are driving.
Now i rang and the Garda was not at the station. I am going to talk to her and just state the above
I suggest you follow this line before going to see a solicitor. Contact the Garda and ask for an answer to the questions,let us know what response you get.
PS - Good luck in getting to talk to the Garda as IME trying to get a particular Garda took weeks, between "shift work" and "out of the station" and "on lunch" and "on day off" etc etc etc etc
Arrgh, so them computhers are making a balls of policing in this little country of ours; that sounds familiar, but I didn't think the humans needed much help on that front.... She said it was prob a mistake with the machine they use to input the info. ...
Good result....
She is going to sort it all out and i've been told to forget all about it. I'll be ringing her back in Dec just to make sure its all done, happy days
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