driveing uninsured

[suli2008]

can anyone please tell me i am waiting for my court date for drining insured how long dose in normaly take for the court sumons to arrive?

[Toureman]

Up to 6 months.

[Ice.Maiden]

Lol! *Drining insured ????

Hope it wasn't for drink-driving as well!

[terambulan]

Driving uninsured.....if that's what you mean....should be within a month as Courts know most ppl need their vehicles to work. You could ring the courts and bring the case forward if it's affecting your livlihood.

Don't go on ur annual hols till you've heard from the court as they don't like cases postponed and will penalise you further.

[Golf38]

All the above assuming the police officer has got round to writing uop and submitting the process file of course!

[New Judge]

Toureman is nearer to the correct answer than terambulan, who unfortunately provides somewhat misleading information.

For offences such as this (which can only be dealt with at the Magistrates� Court) the prosecution has six months from the date of the alleged offence to begin proceedings. Many motoring offences run close to that time limit before being put before the courts. However, driving with No Insurance is considered more serious than, say, speeding, and is usually processed as quickly as possible,

When setting a date for the initial hearing the Court pays no regard to your need to be able to drive � it simply issues a summons to appear at a date and place convenient to the prosecution. You do not have to attend, or even respond to the summons. You may enter a guilty plea by post if you wish, but if you wish to plead not guilty you must attend. If you want the case adjourned for any reason you must respond and say why you want the adjournment. It is for the magistrates to decide whether or not to allow it.

If you do not respond the matter will be heard in your absence and you will almost certainly be convicted. If, following conviction, the court is considering disqualifying you they will not normally do so without giving you an opportunity to attend to explain how this will affect you.

[Iamblue]

It should arrive before you go back to school.

[Golf38]

If you plead guilty by post and the Court is considering disqualification they will adjourn the case and require you to attend. If you fail to attend it is technically possible for them to disqualify you in absence although they could also issue a warrant for your arrest to secure your appearance before the Court.

[Jillius]

Why were you driving witout insurance anyway ?

[Jillius]

Why were you driving without insurance anyway ?

[Jillius]

Not sure why that appeared twice !!

[M-A-T-R-I-X]

I think your point needed to be repeated twice as its a very good question, indeed why the hell were you uninsured?

[Panic Button]

...or is it a wind up?

[Gerhard]

If their spelling is as bad as yours the postman will not be able to make sense of the address and you will never hear from them.