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JGaillimh
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Right. Some of my questions were part-answered in the past but with most other posts people had tried to pay or there was some other quirk regarding their notice etc.
I was caught speeding by a guard on the M1 in October. I was served with a fixed charge offence notice 4 days later. 2 points and €80.
Between having a young baby and both myself and my wife thinking the other had paid we didn't pay within the 56 day period. I found the notice today (75 days after date of notice) and got a bad feeling. I rang the garda enquiries line and was told that no, we hadn't made an attempt to pay yet, that it was too late to pay and that I could expect a summons to be issued likely sometime 'early this year'.
After I was caught speeding, I was asked to present my licence to the local station (Dundrum) within 10 days, which I did. 7 or 8 years ago I got two points and paid them in good time.
I have no issue with the fact that I was caught speeding. Also, I recognise that it's our own fault for not paying the fine in time, it just fell between the cracks during a particularly bad time. I still have a couple of questions though:
1. Does the court summons automatically mean I get double the points?
2. When I appear at the court I'm not going to dispute that I was speeding, will I automatically get convicted?
3. If I get convicted what does this mean for my record / travel to other countries for holidays and the likes?
4. What scale of fine should I expect when I go to court?
5. When I get the summons is there any point in getting in touch with the guard or DPP to basically apologise and ask can I now pay the fine?
6. Is there any point in trying to get in touch with anyone before I get the summons?
Anyway, I'm putting my hands up here and saying we obviously should have paid in time. I'm just wondering what this means for us exactly and also is there any way I can now try to mitigate how bad this might get?
If anyone can help that'd be great.
Cheers,
JGaillimh
I was caught speeding by a guard on the M1 in October. I was served with a fixed charge offence notice 4 days later. 2 points and €80.
Between having a young baby and both myself and my wife thinking the other had paid we didn't pay within the 56 day period. I found the notice today (75 days after date of notice) and got a bad feeling. I rang the garda enquiries line and was told that no, we hadn't made an attempt to pay yet, that it was too late to pay and that I could expect a summons to be issued likely sometime 'early this year'.
After I was caught speeding, I was asked to present my licence to the local station (Dundrum) within 10 days, which I did. 7 or 8 years ago I got two points and paid them in good time.
I have no issue with the fact that I was caught speeding. Also, I recognise that it's our own fault for not paying the fine in time, it just fell between the cracks during a particularly bad time. I still have a couple of questions though:
1. Does the court summons automatically mean I get double the points?
2. When I appear at the court I'm not going to dispute that I was speeding, will I automatically get convicted?
3. If I get convicted what does this mean for my record / travel to other countries for holidays and the likes?
4. What scale of fine should I expect when I go to court?
5. When I get the summons is there any point in getting in touch with the guard or DPP to basically apologise and ask can I now pay the fine?
6. Is there any point in trying to get in touch with anyone before I get the summons?
Anyway, I'm putting my hands up here and saying we obviously should have paid in time. I'm just wondering what this means for us exactly and also is there any way I can now try to mitigate how bad this might get?
If anyone can help that'd be great.
Cheers,
JGaillimh