I feel like a fugitive

[Guest]

My cousin had to go to court as he didn't surrender his licence within the specified time period.

His fine was £1000 And 6 points I do believe.

He should have had insurance.

[Bats]

I feel your pain. We (note the 'we' in that sentence) forgot our MOT last year and we drive the car for about 32 days without one.

Panic when we realised and cue a large argument as I never drive the car (I work from home) but I do seem to arrange everything to do with the house. He ate humble pie very quickly and the car got MOT'd the very next day - phew.

These things happen. I have now set up a reminder in my phone 2 weeks beforehand and also registered for an MOT reminder through the gov.uk website.

Joa

[jemima2]

Powlay - yes he did accept everything. He still got a court date. We had no choice or option. The judge gave him the penalty and the points at that time. And as I said, we learnt our lesson, we never made excuses or tried to get out of it.

Can I just add that originally I was posting in support of op that this sort of thing happens to other people. Increasingly I am finding the dibb a tricky place to post and it has put me off numerous times. Always someone seems to be there to make you feel worse!

[jas72]

Listen I'm always looking on the brightside.

The police caught you and it was £300 imagine if you ran into the back of another car while uninsured and caused not only material but phyiscal damage to a person. The costs and the court case fees would be many times higher than this fine.

At least now you know and can get insurance.

I had the same thing with my Belgian MOT. I waited for the notice but it didn't come and I forgot for a WHOLE year. Luckily I wasn't stopped so I only had to pay a €50 late fee when I presented the car. But if I had had an accident the insurance wouldn't have paid out.

[Andybear]

Originally Posted by Powlay

When people dealing with it were saying it was harsh they may just have been pandering to you rather than being truthful.

Its not harsh at all.

If you're driving without insurance then you're a risk to yourself and every other road user.

Them closing at 12 noon and not telling you, yeah thats harsh!

How come you went to court? Did you not accept the fixed penalty?

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I agree. If it'd been me I'd have got there as soon as they opened!

[jemima2]

Andy bear - we could not be there as soon as it opened as I was working an early shift, with three young children no other way for my husband to get there as it was 25 miles away. Ideal to get there ASAP but unfortunately things are not always as simple as we would like! Thanks for input though.

[Andybear]

Originally Posted by jemima2

Andy bear - we could not be there as soon as it opened as I was working an early shift, with three young children no other way for my husband to get there as it was 25 miles away. Ideal to get there ASAP but unfortunately things are not always as simple as we would like! Thanks for input though.

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Sorry, I didn't know that. If I had, I wouldn't have said anything.