Don't know how true this is.....

[White Room]

But got this from a mate in an email....

WELL WORTH A READ
PAY YOUR FINE, BUT WITHOUT HAVING POINTS DEDUCTED.....



This is how the points get added to your licence:

If you get a fixed penalty notice through the post which also carries
penalty points the computer system first sends you a demand for the
cash.

When you have paid, it then sends a demand to return your licence for
endorsement.
It cannot handle the licence endorsement and the payment at the same
time, and it cannot process the point's part of the system until the
financial section is complete.

If you overpay the fixed penalty, it must issue and send a refund
cheque for the overpayment.

Therefore, overpay the fixed penalty by sending a cheque for the full
amount plus £1.
The computer will then automatically generate a refund cheque for the
over-payment and send it to you.

**** Do not cash this refund cheque - DUMP IT.

The system then remains 'open' and cannot generate the 'send your
licence for endorsement' demand part of the program.

It does, however, record your payment of the fixed penalty, so it does
not trigger the 'follow-up unpaid fine' stage.

As there is no human intervention, the system will leave you alone,
since it has got your money, which is the primary objective!

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[Dougs Third Go]

very sneaky..

 

[AMtek]

If its true it wont take them long to close the loop hole!

 

[Ajax123]

This is not actually true unfortunately.... I tried it about six or so years ago. They sent my un cashed cheque back with a letter basically saying pay the fine or go to court ... I suspect it may have worked in the past but I guess they got wise to the scam.

Also my brother in law is a traffic copper and he told me that if people really wanted to push it the police could prosecute for attempting to pervert the course of justice which is much worse than £60 and three points IMO. I got caught again last year and took the driver awareness course option.