england-and-wales
Does a fixed penalty notice imply an admission of guilt?
<p>Further, does it result in a criminal record?</p>

<p>In the UK, if your car drove too fast or drove over a red light, and you have a UK driving license with less than 12 points, and maybe it’s required that you are a Uk citizen or resident, then you’ll get a letter. (In the other cases, you don’t get away with it but have to go to court which will be more expensive).</p>
<p>That first letter asks if you are the driver, and if not, who the driver is. If you don’t answer or know, you go to court. And after that a second letter is sent to the driver which is often you.</p>
<p>Then you can either pay or go to court. A fixed penalty notice for traffic violation is <em>not</em> a criminal conviction. It is an admission of guilt. Actually, some years ago a British government minister and his ex wife went both to jail because <em>she</em> had admitted a traffic Offenes that <em>he</em> committed.</p>
