To really not want to go on a speed awareness course tomorrow?

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I got a letter through saying I'd been caught doing 34 in a 30 area. It was one of the cameras on my regular route to work so whilst I was surprised as I'm normally a careful driver I thought "it's a fair cop" and opted to take the course rather than take the points.

However, it really bugged me as the date was 28th December and I didn't remember going into work over the Christmas period. Plus, as I go that way every day I know where all the cameras are - which doesn't really matter as generally it's unusual to get over 10 miles per hour due to traffic in that particular spit. So AFTER admitting it was me and booking the course I checked my diary - and lo and behold it was the day we went to the panto and my husband was driving!

So whilst my husband is sunning himself in bloody Portugal on a golf weekend I've got to go on a sodding speed awareness course for something I didn't even bloody do. I'm guessing it's too late in the day to change anything? Has anyone been on one of these courses? How bad are they?

Surely the time to clarify who was driving was earlier? I really don't think telling them you don't know at this stage is a good idea. If you knew it was dh and he agreed fair enough, but what are they going to do/think?
Plus if you've spoken to anyone in RL about this, you can't control who they tell so run the risk of someone snitching.
Either do the course, and tell people you've double checked and it was you or tell the course you've checked and it wasn't you and get dh to take the points.

Now you've realised you weren't actually the driver you are breaking the law by attending instead of him. You need to fess up and say you've realised it was him. If the camera footage was ever looked at they'd be able to tell it wasn't you.

I wouldn't go and say you aren't sure who is driving. The owner of the car gets 6 points and a hefty fine if the driver can't be identified, if I remember correctly.

Well actually I'm a great driver, just happened to get caught three times in a zero tolerance area - once was 51 in a 50!

Its all bull about only getting a ticket if 10% + 2 miles over.

Going 1 mile over does not make you a bad driver.

It would annoy me that dh wasn't admitting responsibility to be honest! I suspect the course providers will have no choice but to send you home and take it up with the police themselves, they won't have the authority to say its ok for you to take it in your dh's place. I presume that they can check the camera footage to determine who was driving. Shame you couldn't work it out yourselves though.

Technically you're perverting the course of justice and can be prosecuted for it.
I've just done an awareness course, naughty me, and they said they take that sort of thing seriously

Probably it would have been simplest in the circumstances for you just to take the course but it is strictly wrong and now you have told mumsnet and presumably others that it wasn't you.

In retrospect it is important to determine who is driving as soon as you get caught.

I would call 101 for advice - you don't want to commit a crime by taking the course - I doubt anyone else would be available before Monday and you need an answer.

You also need to tell your Dh as he will need to give statements or similar - you need to get this resolved - your accepting the points was an understandable mistake and best sorted before you go any further.