One possibly for H21...
Hypothetically speaking 
, if I were to have bought a car 2 months ago, sent off logbook immediately, received that back after a couple of weeks, then approx. 6-7 weeks after buying said vehicle might have accidentally exceeded the speed limit whilst passing a cleverly disguised camera van (bastids, that ain't playing fair)...
...would I be able to deem myself "safe" by the end of this week (which will be 3rd week)?
Obviously, all hypothetically, of course, what with me being a shining light of law abidingness....
There is a DOCREF on the front of your new V5. This tells you the date on which DVLA records were updated. I'm not sure the current state of affairs, but AIUI not all forces use direct access to the DVLA database - they get 'tapes' of the database and use them. These 'tapes' are only updated every 'so-often'. I don't know if this is weekly, monthly etc.
The law is clear that the S172/NIP must be served within 14 days of the offence (the date of the offence is day zero). I believe that it's the DOCREF date that will matter, since that's the date held by DVLA, However, you could end up trying to convince a court of your point if the Police force were using an out of date database - once they've got you in their sights they are very reluctant to let you escape - often only dropping such cases on the steps of the courthouse (when they realise they
are going to lose and trying to avoid costs!)
6-7 weeks after the DOCREF and 3 weeks after the indiscression - highly unlikely anything would come of it.
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Topic: Speeding - outcome (Read 7703 times)