Hi all,
I received a NIP I'm the post today, it regarded an incident that took place in the NIP is dated as having been sent in December 29 days after the alleged incident.
I believe the incident in question was to do with a minor collision with another vehicle on the slip road where 2 lanes filter into 1. I was ahead of the vehicle behind who was in the outside lane and I was filtering into the outside lane, there is currently ongoing road works which has created an significant increase in traffic. I was in front of the vehicle at the point the road naturally turns into a single lane and the centre lines in the road had disappeared, however the road is wider than usual at this point as it brings the lanes into 1. Due to traffic I had slowed to around 20-30mph with a gap of 2 car lengths in front of me, the other vehicle in question I had caught in my mirror speeding in the outside lane and rather than slow down was determined to get in front of me even though we were slowing down due to traffic.
I did try to take evasive manoeuvres with the left side tyres of my vehicle going over the painted white lines in the road, but the other vehicle still bumped the front quarter of my car with the rear quarter of his.
Once the other vehicle was in front he failed to stop for the accident and I proceeded to follow him for a further .5 ish mile to the next junction to see if he would pull over, he did not so I overtook him to try and get his attention, he knew I was there but refused to acknowledge, I then overtook due to the traffic in my lane speeding up, and thought I will wait until we are out of the the road works, the driver in the vehicle then overtook again and I followed him until my junction at rivenhall again trying to gain his attention to pull over but once again I was ignored.
The next day I phoned my insurance company and advised them of the incident. I was going to make a claim but after a few days I used some polish on my car and the scuff marks all but removed so I cancelled the claim with my insurance company.
I hadn't heard anything further until the NIPs arrived through my door.
As far as I'm aware there wasn't any dash cam footage of the incident, and my insurance company hasn't advised there is a claim going against me.
The NIPs states driving without due care and attention on my part which ( I believe ) is most odd for an incident such as this, and I would have thought it would be put to the insurance company to decide fault without the need for the involvement of the police. I didn't report the incident to the police as I deemed it very minor.
I've been driving for 18 years with no convictions or points on my license previously.
My brother works for the police force and I spoke to him about it, he advises I should reject the nips due to it being issued after the 14 days and see if that stops any further investigation, he also believes having been told the above that it might be a police officer who was in the other vehicle and a due care and attention nip is an easy win for the police force.
I'm not sure what evidence has been produced to the police and have tried to find out but I have been rejected on the grounds that they cannot comment on ongoing investigations.
I've lived in my current address for 4 years, the vehicle has been registered at this address since. I've also had the vehicle for 5 years and my driving licence is also registered at my current address and has been since we moved 4 years ago.
I have sent the s172 form off today 29th December via special delivery tracked and signed for to comply with the investigation.
Sorry for long post.
My question is, do the police take into account my side of the story before issuing penalties or court notices?
Having looked online I'm looking at 5-9 points and a fine if they go ahead with it,
My brother says they might offer a driving course instead, but from what I can gather that's unlikely due to there being damage to another vehicle.
I don't think I'm in the wrong, but if it were argued well enough I think i could see it as 50/50 at a push, which is what the insurance company have done due to lack of evidence and my word against his. My insurance company said that as he failed to stop they would have pushed for 100% non fault if I didn't cancel my claim.
I received a NIP I'm the post today, it regarded an incident that took place in the NIP is dated as having been sent in December 29 days after the alleged incident.
I believe the incident in question was to do with a minor collision with another vehicle on the slip road where 2 lanes filter into 1. I was ahead of the vehicle behind who was in the outside lane and I was filtering into the outside lane, there is currently ongoing road works which has created an significant increase in traffic. I was in front of the vehicle at the point the road naturally turns into a single lane and the centre lines in the road had disappeared, however the road is wider than usual at this point as it brings the lanes into 1. Due to traffic I had slowed to around 20-30mph with a gap of 2 car lengths in front of me, the other vehicle in question I had caught in my mirror speeding in the outside lane and rather than slow down was determined to get in front of me even though we were slowing down due to traffic.
I did try to take evasive manoeuvres with the left side tyres of my vehicle going over the painted white lines in the road, but the other vehicle still bumped the front quarter of my car with the rear quarter of his.
Once the other vehicle was in front he failed to stop for the accident and I proceeded to follow him for a further .5 ish mile to the next junction to see if he would pull over, he did not so I overtook him to try and get his attention, he knew I was there but refused to acknowledge, I then overtook due to the traffic in my lane speeding up, and thought I will wait until we are out of the the road works, the driver in the vehicle then overtook again and I followed him until my junction at rivenhall again trying to gain his attention to pull over but once again I was ignored.
The next day I phoned my insurance company and advised them of the incident. I was going to make a claim but after a few days I used some polish on my car and the scuff marks all but removed so I cancelled the claim with my insurance company.
I hadn't heard anything further until the NIPs arrived through my door.
As far as I'm aware there wasn't any dash cam footage of the incident, and my insurance company hasn't advised there is a claim going against me.
The NIPs states driving without due care and attention on my part which ( I believe ) is most odd for an incident such as this, and I would have thought it would be put to the insurance company to decide fault without the need for the involvement of the police. I didn't report the incident to the police as I deemed it very minor.
I've been driving for 18 years with no convictions or points on my license previously.
My brother works for the police force and I spoke to him about it, he advises I should reject the nips due to it being issued after the 14 days and see if that stops any further investigation, he also believes having been told the above that it might be a police officer who was in the other vehicle and a due care and attention nip is an easy win for the police force.
I'm not sure what evidence has been produced to the police and have tried to find out but I have been rejected on the grounds that they cannot comment on ongoing investigations.
I've lived in my current address for 4 years, the vehicle has been registered at this address since. I've also had the vehicle for 5 years and my driving licence is also registered at my current address and has been since we moved 4 years ago.
I have sent the s172 form off today 29th December via special delivery tracked and signed for to comply with the investigation.
Sorry for long post.
My question is, do the police take into account my side of the story before issuing penalties or court notices?
Having looked online I'm looking at 5-9 points and a fine if they go ahead with it,
My brother says they might offer a driving course instead, but from what I can gather that's unlikely due to there being damage to another vehicle.
I don't think I'm in the wrong, but if it were argued well enough I think i could see it as 50/50 at a push, which is what the insurance company have done due to lack of evidence and my word against his. My insurance company said that as he failed to stop they would have pushed for 100% non fault if I didn't cancel my claim.
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