Twice the speed limit on a wreck I don't possess?

[Chamelespoon]

Blimey. Just got a NIP through from Derbyshire Constabulary. Apparently I was doing 56mph in a 30 limit on the A624 in Glossop 6 days ago.

I find that quite impressive, as the bike they say I did it on was the one I wrote off 2 months ago, and the DVLA wrote back to me precisely a month ago today to tell me they know it's been scrapped.

Stupid speed cameras; I don't know where they get their info from, but it seems it doesn't match up with the DVLA.

[sproggy]

It's possible that someone's cloned your bike (if it hasn't found its way back onto the road illegally) - seen it around, copied the plates and ridden around for who knows how long on a bike pretending to be registered to you. Although the sort of people who'd do that would probably have racked up a few more NIP's long before now.....

You can ask to see a photo - that might prove illuminating - it probably wasn't even a bike!

[wicker]

Ask to see the evidence / photo, and make a big fuss that they got it wrong. If it is an entirely different vehicle especially a car rather than a bike so much the better. Write to the Chief Constable, your local MP, MCN, local press or whoever you think might run with the story. worth the price of a few stamps to cause some mischief. Always good to get one over on the big brother state and to prvoove the system is fallible.

[Baldy Biker]

A word of advice, even though you do not own the bike still fill in the NIP as not doing so is a separate offence.
Send that off with a copy of the DVLA acknowledgement that the bike was scrapped and a covering letter giving the history of the scrapping. That should do it. If they still insist that it was your bike ask for the photographic evidence and see what vehicle it was on. If all else fails go to court and when the case is called make a submission that there is no case to answer as your vehicle couldn’t have been on the road and then ask for all your expenses and travelling costs back .
The DVLA might have cocked up and not put the scrapped marker on your bike so when plod check it out all they see is a current registered vehicle. Hope this helps.

The man who got both sides down at the Nurburg Ring quickly followed by top/bottom/top

[Chamelespoon]

A word of advice, even though you do not own the bike still fill in the NIP as not doing so is a separate offence...

Yeah, did that before posting my minor rant on here: filled out the NIP, included copies of the DVLA letter thanking me for notifying them and the letter from Bluecycle.com which stated the bike was a total loss and that I should send them all the documentation so they could contact the DVLA themselves (which they obviously did going by the previously mentioned DVLA letter).

Haven't heard back from the police yet, though. I just hope they catch the nutsack who was doing 56 in a 30.