When a vehicle is alleged to have committed a road traffic offence but is not stopped at the time, the registered keeper must be issued a ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution’ within 14 days. 

The law in this area is complex and the obligations imposed vary depending upon whether a person was the ‘keeper’or ‘other than the vehicle’s keeper at the relevant time. This is not necessarily the same as being the ‘registered keeper’.

For the above reasons, if you have received a Notice of Intended Prosecution, we advise that you contact us immediately.

If you do not know who the driver was at the time, you may have a defence if you can establish that you acted with “reasonable diligence” to ascertain who the driver was. This will often involve, at the very least, requesting a copy of the photographs to assist in identifying the driver.

If you own a company, the rules are stricter, and you must keep a log of who is driving a company vehicle at any particular time.

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