Missed speed awareness course

[labsarelife]

I missed my speed awareness course by accident. Can I rebook it? Will I have to pay again? Anyone else done this? Thanks.

Blimey so,e of the replies are ridiculous. Some posters are so snide and pompous.

OP, I don't know the answer but it's the type of dumb mistake I could make. I don't suppose you are dyslexic.

Hopefully you are still within the time where you can rebook the course.

You did make me laugh. I couldn’t speed to it anyway even if I did attempt to go late as I was driving my daughter’s car with black box and I don’t speed any more since being caught……

I did a speed awareness course recently. They said if someone misses it they can rebook but you need to contact them quickly. I’m not sure if you have to pay but you won’t pay a fine or get extra points as someone said above.

Thanks for the info. That’s all fair enough I suppose. I’m happy to admit what I did. It was a mistake and I have no real excuse for making it. I just simply had the wrong venue lodged in my brain for some reason. Had it not been local, I’d have just followed the sat nav.

The sanctimony on these threads is always nauseating.

Hope you can get it sorted when you phone them OP. I can easily imagine doing the same thing myself.

@labsarelife No problem glad I can put your mind at rest, I know I felt a bit uneasy not knowing what would happen next but it will be fine.

Agree about some of the previous posts, life happens, mistakes happen it’s just one of those things. I doubt everyone is that perfect all of the time!

I missed one once as a flight home prior to it was delayed three days, and they let me do a different one, but I did let them know the day before.

I think in your shoes I’d have gone - even if they didn’t let you join the course at least you could have explained and it would be noted that you did actually go, it wasn’t just a no show.

@DancingWithYouInTheSummerRain

Where do you live? I don't think it's helpful to give irrelevant information to the OP.

Thank you for being kind. I’m not dyslexic but I have M.E. and suffer with huge fatigue and brain fog. My specialist likens the brain fog to early stage dementia , so yes there is a reason as to why I get muddled up sometimes as my thinking lacks clarity and I do not retain or process information well. I lost my teaching career to the illness so it’s no joke.
Obviously I didn’t want to mention that as people will say I’m making excuses.
Whatever the reason, I made a mistake and I hold my hands up. I’m not trying to weedle out of it or avoid penalty points or paying again. I just wanted to know what the consequence would be.

Aren’t people awful at times? I’m after info, not a character assassination 😂

I've attended 3 of them - they are very very strict. They wont even allow you in the door if late and they wont allow you to use your mobile phones, you have to turn them off.

OP- ring them first thing Monday, explain what happened and express willingness to attend and learn. Admit total responsibility and apologise. They like that. I suspect they'll be able to book you on another one but not sure if you'll have to pay again.

It was a strange decision not to go to the actual venue and just be 10 minutes late. The reason they appear so strict about times is because people will always be late. There will be a little leeway, which will be down to the person running it on the day. You would probably have got away with it.

I think your best bet is waiting til Monday and pleading your case, the worst they'll say is you can't rebook so it's worth a try.

I think the harsh replies are because most people probably would have gone anyway even if that meant you weren't allowed in as at least they would have seen you and I think that would have gone in your favour for being able to rebook if they didnt allow you in. When I did mine it was online but the first 10 mins were people still confirming their identity so the course hadn't even started yet.

I wouldn't have been so hung up on the "it said don't attend late" especially for 10 minutes.
Good luck I hope they let you rebook.

Just to add, I missed one in 2020, it was booked for 9am and I realised at 2pm the same day that I was meant to be doing something that day … not my finest hour.

I had to call to rebook; they asked the reason I missed it and I told them I completely forgot - no issues on their side. I had to pay again to rebook and managed to remember to go to that one.

No drama, no fine, no extra points; these things happen.

@labsarelife You don’t have to justify anything to anyone on here. You made a mistake, this happens, you won’t be the first to make it (I did it before you!) and you certainly won’t be the last.

Ignore the previous unhelpful posts! You’ve come to ask for others experience of this so any replies should only be in response to what you’ve asked. I don’t understand why some people have to pile on and ‘tell off’ a poster, instead of giving information in response to what they’re asking 🤷‍♀️

Sounds tough OP.

I don't even have that excuse, I'm just a Muppet sometimes. My daughter pointed out recently that our flight leaves two hours before the end of my shift at work 😳 Whoops!

That sucks!

Hopefully you'll be able to rebook 🤞🏻

Thank you. It was clear that they would not admit late attendees. I totally admit I’m in the wrong and it was a ridiculous oversight and I will take whatever consequences are dolled out but I just wanted to know what they are, instead of worrying all weekend I suppose.

I thought it would be ever worse and cause more interruption, to turn up late when it specifically stated not to. Two misdemeanours then! One going to the wrong venue and two, turning up late when asked not to. You understand that reasoning, surely? It’s actually more logical than your reasoning in my opinion.

10 minutes would have been fine - it takes them that long to check everyone's ID and get everyone sitting down & ready to start. They just don't want people wandering in after half an hour when they've actually started the session

Could you have called the venue and asked them to pass on a message?

Sorry, just realised this will be tagged for the wrong poster. Clearly I meant it for the OP .

Thank you for sharing what happened after you missed one. Exactly the type of reply I was asking for - people who have been in the same situation.

Someone else on here had the opposite experience when arriving late and was turned away. Two misdemeanours then - 1, turning up at the wrong venue and 2, interrupting everything by turning up late when asked not to. Can’t win.

I don’t think the golf course employees would really want to be taking calls from idiot people who have missed their speed awareness course and having to pass on messages to people who aren’t their own staff members etc. So that’s why I chose not to.

Maybe but at least you would have turned up to it.