Magistrates' Court summons for speeding without having had fixed penalty option?

[Ponders]

DD2 was sent a NIP for a speeding offence in December (one of those where they had changed a 40 limit to 30 - she was doing about 36)

Anyway she filled it in & sent it back within the time limit, but has heard nothing since - from previous experience I think she should have been sent a fixed penalty notice (or the choice of a speeding awareness course) but has had nothing in the post.

Today, out of the blue, she has received pages of bumf about a summons to magistrates' court!!!

There is a contact phone number, which she will ring on Tuesday, but what options (if any) does she have now? Can they do this when she hasn't received prior notice?

wmmc, they don't issue leaflets like that here...

I'm thinking that if DD2 is going to have to faff about with earnings declarations etc anyway, she might as well appear in court & complain to the mags about not having received the 2nd form!

Will see what happens when she rings them on Tuesday (which feels like weeks away - these long weekends play havoc with my concept of time )

It will be fine Ponders. The people who work as administrators in these offices tend to be really, really nice, honestly. They'd have to be frankly, it's insanely dull work!

Fingers crossed

Thanks for moral support!