Motability car speeding ticket

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I am looking for advice please !

I have a car from motability, it’s my daughter’s car technically - she is 17 and doesn’t drive , doesn’t have a licence. I am her appointee for PIP and I am the driver of the car .

A letter came through the post, addressed to her ( she opened it and panicked ! ) as she is the legal keeper of the car I believe . I was unsure how to explain this on the online portal as she isn’t able to discuss it and it was asking her to fill it in as the keeper and for her contact details. I have contacted the online chat for the police force it came from , who gave me an email. I emailed explaining I was confused , that I believe my daughter is the registered keeper because of pip , but I am the driver and that I wanted it sorted as she will open post with her name on it and she has been worried she’s in trouble with the police . No reply. I emailed the day I got the letter ( Fri 28th Feb ) .

I filled in the form , her details as the keeper and my details as the driver . I enclosed a letter that went in to detail and explained why i hadn’t used the online portal. I sent this by recorded and signed for delivery on 4th March , I can see it was signed for on the 5th March. I have proof of delivery. Do I just wait now? I can’t see any other way of getting in touch as they haven’t replied to my email. I have called the number a few times , at different times of the day , and it just says “ this mailbox is full “ and the call ends. Do I also need to contact Motability?

im concerned as it says I - well , my daughter - have 21 days to respond so that going to be 21st March.

Also - is it likely I’ll be able to do a course? I have a clean licence , first offence , 35 in a 30 ( a road that is ridiculous as the speed changes throughout - but I was clearly doing that speed so I have no desire to contest it ) .

Im worried as it didn’t say anything about what I would be offered as it was just to find out who the driver is and it just said to the keeper that they could have a fine of up to £1000 and points on their licence if they didn’t respond .

Thank you .

You should be the keeper I think. I drive my son’s motability car and have had two speeding tickets. I’m pretty sure they assumed it was me. I can’t remember the letters now. For your first speeding ticket you can do a course instead of the points but you have to pay for it.

This is very confusing OP.

DH got a speeding ticket when he was driving my car. When I got the letter it gave me an option to say that it was him not me driving it, which I filled in and they reissued the ticket to him. There should be an option for your DD, to say it was you driving.

Yes, you be offered the chance to do a course, you can even do it on Zoom these days.

It’s no biggy, you do what you did, fill it out say you’re the driver - next they’ll send you a letter, you accept you’re the driver, then they’ll offer you a speed awareness course, you have to pay for it and can be done online

And sort out your paperwork if your daughter is being made to do stuff she’s not capable of. My son has never had any part of anything to do with motability other than his name being on it. I am main driver and keeper. My ex is a driver as well but that’s it.

It came addressed to her , all the motability documents do so I think he is . Thank you , that’s a relief ! I have put £100 by to cover the cost x

Thank you that’s a relief !

She didn’t have to do anything when it came to getting the car, it was her name but I said to the dealership she wouldn’t really know what she was signing so I think it’s unfair and although she knows the car is for her , I thought her knowing that it’s hers - as in the keeper - legally, could lead to issues . Like “ I want to buy some new CDs , I can sell my car “ or “ I want to go to get ice cream at midnight - mom it’s my car , let’s go “ 😂 but joking aside , mainly because she has expressed wanting to learn to drive ( she’s high functioning , aware of what she can do at her age and kind of in denial about her limits due to her autism ) but I know that right now there is no way she could , and saying that to her will cause issues - in terms of her opinion of herself- so we talk about how expensive it is to learn and then get a car and she has accepted that,

But , yes , I don’t think she’s capable of having a conversation to acknowledge she’s the keeper but I’m the driver and it would cause her distress. I have had to tell her it’s all sorted now because she thought she was in trouble with the police and really panicked .