Legal loophole allows drivers to avoid speeding tickets

DRIVERS have a loophole for challenging speeding tickets, even if they were caught committing the serious offence.

Accused motorists must be notified within two weeks of the incident, according to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Speeding tickets can be rejected if they are received after the 14-day limit.

If drivers are told to pay up more than a fortnight after their offence, they can reject paying the penalty fine.

You must reply to the speeding ticket with a not guilty plea and successfully argue your case in court.

But it’s harder than it sounds – all the police need to do is show the ticket should have reached the vehicle’s registered owner under normal circumstances within 14 days.

David Beckham was able to take advantage of the little-known legal caveat in 2018 after being caught driving his £160,000 Bentley Bentayga at 59mph in a 40mph zone.

His lawyer Nick Freeman, known as “Mr Loophole”, successfully argued the papers arrived one day too late.

That’s because the recorded delivery notice landed on Bentley’s desk on February 7, with the incident taking place on January 23.