oh dear i think im screwed speeding ticket and points!

[shelaghmk3gti]

last year i swapped a vectra for a mk3 gti.
anyway long and short. i left the whole log book with the guy ( he was a small independent garage owner) and happily went home in the gti
have now had a fine of £650 and 6 points on my licence ( ticket was issued by speed cam is chepstow on a diff day to me being there)
i did write to name the driver as the guy on the log book of the golf.. heard nothing and now this.
this fella ( who i left the vectra and log book with) works in chepstow and obviously didnt send the log book off untill it was sold on.
so do i surrender my licence or go and pay him a visit?
i am aware that i did a stupid bloody thing so dont go pointing out the obvious
shelagh x

ps.i have a reciept for the golf,but NO paperwork relating to the trade inr sale of the vectra

[The Mighty Elvi]

So the automated ticket came to your house?  So the system has you down as the owner.

Very naughty thing to name someone else as the driver at the time of the speeding.

You have heard of Chris Huhne?

[shelaghmk3gti]

no i havent ??

i didnt just randomly name him as the driver.. i assumed it was the guy that owned the garage. ( his writing was so bad i couldnt make it out)
 yes im guessing they still do or did at the time have me as the owner

[The Mighty Elvi]

Eh?

So you bought this Golf, drove it around for a year and then got caught speeding.

So when they asked who the driver was, you named the guy who sold you the car.

Correct?

[shelaghmk3gti]

haha i have now!( wiki search)
 they could put me in court if they wanted! nothing to hide here

[shelaghmk3gti]

Eh?

So you bought this Golf, drove it around for a year and then got caught speeding.

So when they asked who the driver was, you named the guy who sold you the car.

Correct?

noo the ticket was for the vectra( after i had left it with him).. i named the guy on the golf log book as i assumed it was him i left the vectra with

[bobbarley]

If you want to get out of this one you'll definitely be making a court appearance I'd say...

I believe he's saying someone in the Vecra was speeding, but DVLA still have him as the owner and he never re-registered the garage as the owner.

[shelaghmk3gti]

If you want to get out of this one you'll definitely be making a court appearance I'd say...

I believe he's saying someone in the Vecra was speeding, but DVLA still have him as the owner and he never re-registered the garage as the owner.

yes

it deffo wasnt me.

and thats SHE

[The Mighty Elvi]

noo the ticket was for the vectra( after i had left it with him).. i named the guy on the golf log book as i assumed it was him i left the vectra with

Ah.

Log book is for the registered keeper ( he who is responsible for taxing the car)  not who the owner is.  Owner and registered keeper can be different people.

Basically you need to show / prove that you are no longer the owner of the Vectra. You have no receipt, so best get in touch with the garage you gave it to.

[shelaghmk3gti]

cool ok, i'll have a run up there on monday.. lets hope he remembers :/