I know I am not as active on here as I once was. That's part of a promise I made to myself to spend less time on the internet. But I'm in a pickle and this has always been the one place I can turn to for a bit of advice.
So I went away last weekend and was really feeling it on the Monday. Not feeling up for the drive home, I asked my friend if he wouldn't mind driving my car. He happily obliged. Well, he ended up running a red light. I didn't notice while we were driving. I just received a letter from the Sussex police today. I now need to fill in some details and send it back.
Now, although he did me a favour by driving my car, it's still his responsibility to drive safe. I will be having this conversation with him, no doubt. However, I have tried to do some research on this to find out what the repercussions of letting someone drive your car who isn't insured to drive it, and also, for driving a car you are not insured to drive. I don't know what would land me if ore trouble. Admitting to running a red light, or admitting to letting someone else drive my car. So far, it's unclear on which one would be worse.
Now, I am fine saying it was me driving. But will they be able to prove I wasn't? I know these days they have pictures and stuff and I wonder if they will have a picture of who was in the driving seat. I just spoke to my friend about it and he told me to say it was him. He doesn't seem to think that me letting him drive his car would be that big of a problem.
Anyone here have any similar situations or experience with this that could help shed some light on it?