Got a notice I was banned from driving and no idea why

It is a strange one alright, dont know what advice to give you but I hope you get it sorted

I live on a 60km zone, if you were caught 15-20 km over 60km limit you should have lost licence rather than fine & points

sick of Garda discretion

The notice of disqualification should give details of the offence which you were prosecuted for?

Regardless of the above, your first step should be to get a solicitor to act on your behalf, they can apply to the court to have the start of the disqualification postponed (recognisance) pending a formal appeal which will buy a bit of time.

Then you will have to get a copy of the summons and formulate an appeal from there on.

You definitely want a solicitor though.

He did take the punishment, points and fine should that not have been the end of it?

I thought for something like a Summons would have to be delivered to you via registered post or directly by a Garda?

Is the op on a learner's permit?

If so. You only have 7 points before a ban.

So, if he had 5 points, and received another 2 (or more) in court, having been convicted in his absence.. he gets to cycle a bike for a bit.

Only the op has the correct info

OP Keep us updated.

It'll be interesting how you went from 5 to 12(+?) Points

It might be a clerical error.

Any chance you could upload a pic of the correspondence you've received with personal info blacked out.

But you should contact the RSA. And look for a list of penalty points you've received for what offences on particular dates.

Limit is 30 and you do 40. I think you are playing the righteous hard man for effect. There is no sense to your taliban type attitude anyway.

Ring the Garda station I’d say they could look up the reason you were disqualified

OP

Instruct a solicitor without any further delay.

The outlay will pale into insignificance compared to the cost of a driving ban.

If you got stopped for speeding and didn't have a licence on you then the Grada may have demanded production of same.

Once they issue a ticket for speeding they can tick a box saying a demand was made for licence/insurance.

This will be logged on system. If no production of licence/insurance is recorded within the speciifed 10 days (non production itslef is an offence seperate from not having the licence/insurance at the time) then a summons will be issued automatically via the system.

So if you produced 2 days late then the system will not have seen that and created a summons automatically with no input from the original Garda.

You say you didn't receive it but it could have easily been missed by the family if it was posted, they don't have to be hand delivered to you in person.

So if you didn't attend the court on the summons for whatever reason then it could have gone ahead in your absence (if there was no risk of a custodial sentence) and with no defence on your part you'd more or less automatically be found guilty and then get the subsequent conviction/penalty imposed.

If it is incorrect and you had everything in order (assuming it's over a failure to produce) then appeal it asap

Not nearly as dangerous as the "driver" who thinks that they are special and therefore the rules only apply to others...........seems to be plenty of those around who think they should be afforded some kind of exemption status.

There is a 50kmh speed limit down the road from me. Country Road and the sign is a good half mile from the village. Without doubt 99% of drivers would break that limit and defo well over half would drive 30%+ over that. Above 65kmh.

The only one I see not breaking is an alcoholic who drives everywhere at 50.

Sign in a stupid area.

I hope you do better admin at work than in your private life. 😊

You'd want to sort out what addresses you're using: Between your own, your parents' and grandmother's it's no wonder if something went awry.

You're mixing up 2 different posts from 2 different users.

The OP hasn't lost his licnece for a bit of speeding. Whatever has happened that is not the case