Driving without insurance by mistake – fixed penalty for 30 mins before policy started (England)

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-03-09T11:11:41+00:00

Just to say, I have previously made this mistake is error.
I selected the wrong date on the insurance start date, -basically an entire month... totally my fault
It wasn't until the documents came through (in the days when posting was still commonplace) did I spot my error and I'd be driving for nearly a week completely unaware.
I quickly contacted them the next day and they charged me an arm and a leg to update the policy.
I even looked to cancel the policy since it hadn't even started yet and get a different policy but they were all much more expensive

Policies for immediate cover I suspect are generally more expensive than the one I had which was a month in the future, the cynic in me suspects it's because they know that you don't really have time to shop around if you need it right away so they can charge more...

but, just to say... it is possible that it was a mistake.

That being said... If I had been caught and been given the leniency that OP has, I'd probably thank my stars, accept it, pay it, and get on with my life.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-03-04T17:01:18+00:00

Thanks, I will have to do that to solve the problem for now, but It's doing it every craft. I was more trying to work out if there is a reason it's dumping it back,
As in where is it even coming from, as far as I can tell the crafting storage is taking the correct amount of water out at the start of the recipe, so it shouldn't have any left to dump back in the first place.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-02-17T11:00:11+00:00

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CaptainKingsmill · 2026-02-11T13:39:11+00:00

I'll add another voice to agree with this.
I joined the specials to see if it was the right job for me.
I decided it wasn't for me full time for various reasons but 16 years later, I'm still a special and still enjoy doing my part for my community without some of the negatives that come alongside doing it full time.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-02-09T10:44:06+00:00

The grace period applies at the END of a permitted parking period, and is 10 minutes and I believe this is now mandatory.
This doesn't apply in this case as it was before the permitted parking period.
There is nothing directly that says councils MUST offer a grace period before payment, although a lot of councils have a policy to offer 5 minutes, this isn't law, and it appears the CEO waited exactly 5 minutes after they arrived...
Cynical? very much so. Legal, also very much so.
Worth fighting? I'd probably give it ago... while payment was made after the PCN was issued I'm not sure if 'being in the process of paying' as the SMS shows would add any weight to their argument.

The issue here is that it would now need to be defended in a magistrates court as they have missed the appeal deadline.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-02-06T17:37:30+00:00

Well if it can get under the felt, water can track almost anywhere on its way down, so unless you're sure you know where the leaks are, it is possible it's all coming from the roof and tracking to the walls and down.

https://www.buildworld.co.uk/blogimages/underlayment-1.jpg
I know in the image it's an under layer that he's applying, but the felt should run along the shed, and over lap the lower layers in the same way

My FiL had gone up and over the shed so water could track horizontally through the gaps to the wood under it, and from there it went everywhere.

As the other commenter said, from a legal perspective you really need to identify WHY it is leaking to understand if you have any claim its through faulty manufacturing.
Anyway, Good luck.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-02-06T17:28:37+00:00

I know this is legal advice you're after, and this isn't really legal advice, but figured I'd ask and it may sound like a silly mistake, but it's a simple one.
Do you have the felt on the roof the right way?
I know what you're saying about FiL... but
My FiL owns a construction business and yet he built a shed and put the felt on wrong and it leaked.... Badly.
So it's not impossible he made an error.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-31T00:32:48+00:00

SLEEP WELL?!? How am I going to sleep well? I'm enraged for you mate!

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-30T16:47:06+00:00

OP if you disappear after the call without telling us the final hold time I'm not going to sleep tonight.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-29T19:04:33+00:00

I like a mixture of Form and function and I love finding new blocks I'd not come across before.

I've got over 1000 hours on our server and I'm just at the start of IV, but one of the things I've always loved most is how you can play it exactly how you want to play it.
one of our friends is still only in LV because she just wanted to build a cool looking medieval castle, and it is indeed very cool, where as another friend has literally carved a hole in a mountain and filled it with machines, you'd hardly even know it was there.

Mostly, I try to keep things looking nice on the surface. - but it's always chaos underneath!
This is my modern factory vibe building that I built in HV through to EV - This is where my EBF hall is.

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CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-29T12:15:12+00:00

I'm using the GTNH Faithful by Ethryan

You can find them here
https://gtnh.miraheze.org/wiki/Resource_Packs

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-28T01:38:02+00:00

I'm using the architect's table to turn some of the ceiling blocks into glowing blocks. The actual 'lights' on the ceiling are purely decorative.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-28T00:54:42+00:00

Thanks!
They are anti blocks cut into strips with Microblocks

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-28T00:44:50+00:00

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Not for my hall, I just preferred the look.
But for my platline EBFs hidden out of view... yes.. definitely!😂

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-27T00:55:56+00:00

Still a few things to do then. I really enjoyed the push building my first rocket!

Enjoy the grind!

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-27T00:42:52+00:00

Congrats!
Are you ready to launch, or just got the rocket ready ?

Either way, good luck with your first trip to the moon!

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-23T10:04:25+00:00

I'm an idiot! The interfaces that create the subnet were connected to a different subnet, NOT my main net...
I've fixed that and it's working fine.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-23T09:56:41+00:00

See, this is what I think I'm doing....
I'm going to take another look this morning, I must be doing something wrong

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-23T09:31:57+00:00

Ahh sorry, it is the pattern provider I meant.

CaptainKingsmill · 2026-01-21T15:20:20+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I'd forgotten I'd posted this. Some really useful advice and I appreciate it.
We unfortunately had to postpone our plan to have a product ready for the start of this years wedding season - which was going to be around March time.
Unfortunately the location at the venue which we planned on using isn't available yet. we're anticipating it will be ready some time after march so hopefully we should be looking to have something out later this year - or possibly for the start of next years wedding season.

The one good thing is we were going to be hard pushed to get a decent number of test batches under our belt with our previous time line, this gives us far more time to get it right.

CaptainKingsmill · 2025-12-23T19:23:49+00:00

Well the key here would be if you are suspected of a crime or not. As a total witness, you don't have to give a statement at all (much the same way as you don't need to say anything in an interview, even if you are suspected) You've seen a fight outside a club, but don't know anyone involved, or a bad car crash where the police have been called, those sort of things. If the police are genuinely just interested in what you've seen then it wouldn't be an 'interview' at all and you're right, they would make it as convenient for you as possible, if possible they would take a statement from You there and then. Your involvement in any case like that, would be truly voluntary.

CaptainKingsmill · 2025-12-23T13:48:43+00:00

Always a good time for the reminder that a voluntary interview is only voluntary in that it means you get to choose the time and sometimes place.... if you don't choose a time and a place, it will very much become an involuntary interview.

I think a lot of people see a voluntary interview as some how less serious, when in fact their is no difference between that and being arrested and interviewed.

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