October 2009. Garda roadside control. Garda asks me to produce driving licence. I explain that my driving licence had been stolen and I produce a letter from my local garda station to that effect. Garda hardly looks at it. Within ten days, I also produce a document from Road Tax office showing that my new driving licence is on its way. I thought nothing more of it.
Today, May 2010. I receive a Court Summons alleging that I 'failed or refused to' produce a driving licence.
I am very upset and actually feel sick in my stomach and not quite sure what to do next. FLAC advised me to get a solicitor. Posts on the site suggest that I may not need a solicitor. What worries me is that the Garda in question had a major attitude problem that night (the thrill of catching someone on a boring autumn night) .
So here is what I need:
1) I found loosely related posts which make me think this shouldn't be a big deal but any further advice would be welcome. To represent myself or not? Best case and worst case scenario? To make contact with the Garda in question before the court date or not?
2) Any recommendations of solicitors who specialise in Road Traffic offences would be great as I can't find one easily.
Thanks in advance
It will however cost you a half day from work.
The lack of professionalism by the Gardai in this country never fails to amaze me.
The amount of taxpayers time and money that is wasted daily by this form of "policing" and wasting courts time by Gardai is a disgrace.
Follow folder's advice and you should be o.k.
Hi I have a similar problem , although more straight forward than the previous
poster's problem.
Basically I had to produce my licence back in May this year (2010)
which I did ( two days later).
Then a knock on my door on 12th november,
Its a garda with a summons for 'failing to produce my licence ' !
I checked the form I received from the station and found out it had said that my licence was invalid because it was out of date .
My licence is not out of date , its valid till 2012 !!
thay had put jan 2010 on the form instead of 2012..
So obviously it came up 'no valid licence produced' so I was issued a summons ...
Any advice appreciated
Cheers
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