How Many Points Have You On Your Driving Licence? - Page 3

schizodoor · 22-03-2007, 20:26

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Originally Posted by big_g

Can you get done for 34 mph? Obviously you can but I thought it was the speed limit plus 10% plus 2 mph - or does that just apply to speed cameras?

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I got the letter from derbyshire police here, an it was a speed camera!!! i didnt think it was fair!!

smileyjiver · 22-03-2007, 21:02

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Originally Posted by whiteley

3 points on mine. Been driving 31 years and that's the only time I've had any points. How long do they stay on your licence for. Mine's been on nearly three years.

They stay on for three years. I've been driving for 21 years and the 3 points I got were the first (and hopefully the last) I've had.

I appreciate I was speeding (37 in a 30 apparently) but it wasn't in a built up residential area and the speed changes to the national speed limit on the same stretch of road and the reason I said the van was hidden was that it was parked off the road and just before the national speed limit sign. I think that was a little sneaky myself - but fair do's I was speeding and got caught!!

Anj1364 · 22-03-2007, 21:03

I was gutted last week to find I had been clocked by a mobile speed trap on Herries Drive whilst driving to work. I was doing 36mph. I am usually careful and don't speed about all over the place. I have been driving since 1983 without a blemish on my licence - gutted!!!!

stackmonkey · 22-03-2007, 21:07

I have none at the moment.

Cyclone · 22-03-2007, 21:08

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Originally Posted by S8 Blade

When I renewed my car insurance I had to tell them I had 3pts on my licence (speed camera). She took the details and said "Oh don't worry, I rarely speak to anyone these days who hasn't points"

Is that true? How many of us on here do have points, and if so.. how many?

Sorry to be nosey!!

I have no points, but I do have a nearly expired SP50.

IDSFLK · 22-03-2007, 21:26

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Originally Posted by smileyjiver

They stay on for three years. I've been driving for 21 years and the 3 points I got were the first (and hopefully the last) I've had.

I appreciate I was speeding (37 in a 30 apparently) but it wasn't in a built up residential area and the speed changes to the national speed limit on the same stretch of road and the reason I said the van was hidden was that it was parked off the road and just before the national speed limit sign. I think that was a little sneaky myself - but fair do's I was speeding and got caught!!

Thought it was 4 years.

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/crimertoendorse.htm

stackmonkey · 22-03-2007, 21:28

I think (for speeding points)
they are valid for 3 years
stay on your licence for 4 years
have to tell your insurance co. for 5 years...

IDSFLK · 22-03-2007, 21:31

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Originally Posted by stackmonkey

I think (for speeding points)
they are valid for 3 years
stay on your licence for 4 years
have to tell your insurance co. for 5 years...

Dunno tbh.

Mine have been on for just 2 years now but I'm sure DVLA (or whoever) will tell me yes or no, if and when I ask for them to be removed.

smileyjiver · 22-03-2007, 21:42

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Originally Posted by IDSFLK

Thought it was 4 years.

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/crimertoendorse.htm

OMG that's really bad news. I was convinced it was only 3 years - that means I still have another year to go before I can get the wretched thing off my licence bah!!!

Darbees · 22-03-2007, 22:19

It's written on the licence for 4 years but only counts for totting up for 3. That is so that if you get pulled within 3 years of getting the points but it doesn't go to court until after the third anniversary you can't apply for a new clean license and escape a totter.

Allen · 23-03-2007, 00:03

Clean licence here.

That said, I have been "done" three times in 39 years of driving.
First was in my youth..so doesn't count, lol.
Second was on the way to the mother in laws funeral. (Copper grinned when I tried to explain)
Third was 78mph on the M1 about 12 years ago.

LesleyB · 23-03-2007, 06:35

1 SP30 five years ago this summer. On motorbike going through Chesterfield.

After 30+ years on the road. I was so disappointed. Got a silly questionnaire sent to me to ask me about my motorcycling habits for my troubles. To be fair, I had been hacking around the country a bit quick and deserved a slap on the wrist. However it did make me notice how many speed cameras there are around without fair indication of what the speed limit is e.g. speed limit sign along with the camera sign or within a few hundred yards of the sign or painted on the road.

So technically my license is clean although I haven't bothered to have the thing taken off yet.

RichD · 23-03-2007, 09:37

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Originally Posted by stackmonkey

I think (for speeding points)
they are valid for 3 years
stay on your licence for 4 years
have to tell your insurance co. for 5 years...

I've always wondered if that last bit is true. Yes, they ask you for 5 years' worth of convictions, but if they are spent (and removed from your licence) after 4 years, do you still have to declare them in year 5?

spicey · 23-03-2007, 10:18

I had 3 from 2002 but none at the moment.

My bloke has 11

yet he always insists on driving everywhere as I am too much of a crazy driver.....?

Darbees · 23-03-2007, 10:20

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Originally Posted by RichD

I've always wondered if that last bit is true. Yes, they ask you for 5 years' worth of convictions, but if they are spent (and removed from your licence) after 4 years, do you still have to declare them in year 5?

I have argued that point with insurers for what it's worth. If a conviction is "spent" after 3 years under the rehabilitation of offenders act it cannot be taken into consideration for anything and so insurers have no right to use it as a means of calculating their premium.

CherryNicole · 23-03-2007, 10:38

None

Mine is all brand spanking clean

Plain Talker · 23-03-2007, 10:43

me, too, cherry, nary a one!

Cuey · 23-03-2007, 11:54

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Originally Posted by stackmonkey

I think (for speeding points)
they are valid for 3 years
stay on your licence for 4 years
have to tell your insurance co. for 5 years...

3 but i had 9 when i was driving 1000 a week. Interestingly I had to do a home office security clearance form recently. On that you need to state ALL your fines ever. I phone DVLA to ask for the details and they said...... We only keep the details for 3 years. I said what if i don't put stuff on and they find out. There response was "how will they find out. If they come to us we only keep the records for 3 years." So if you don't tell your insurance they have no way of checking unless they go back over old claims.

Lou · 23-03-2007, 11:55

I got 3 points for the first time on my licence fairly recently. I was expecting my insurance to go up when it came to the renewal time, and I was surprised to find that it didn't make my insurance go up at all. It made me wonder how many people have 3 points as well!

phawley · 23-03-2007, 17:44

Yeh, I found the same with the insurers I forgot to mention my SP30 but confessed later and my premium didn't change.