He has resigned himself to the fact he has had a penalty but we cannot understand why the police offered the awareness course then changed their minds with no reason.

Or are you the victim of identity theft, is there someone else driving around with a fake licence in husbands name?

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Edited by RT on 15/12/2016 at 19:58

The "consult a solicitor and go to court" approach would be unwise, I think. ACPO guidelines are just that, nothing more. Driving at 30.001 mph is an offence - the idea of the leeway was to remove concerns about measurement error etc; that's why 30.001 wouldn't be acted upon. If this went to court you'd have to discredit the police evidence that you were exceeding 30 - which would be difficult to say the least. There would also be costs awarded against you on conviction, and the fine would likely be higher than the £100 fixed penalty.

Thank you, we have no intention of contesting the ticket, he was doing 34 (I was in the car, and of course it was my fault !!), there is no dispute the incident happened and no dispute my husband should have been concentrating more.

It is the rescinding of the speed awareness offer that is the issue together with the police saying husband did a course in Wales in 2014 which is incorrect, hopefully we will get another response from the police today.