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[kris9128]

does anybody know what happens when you get 12 points on your lisence. do you get banned or can you still drive.  

[TheBoy]

banned

[kris9128]

thought as much. is it a full 12mth ban??

[TheBoy]

thought as much. is it a full 12mth ban??

That I'm not sure of.  Also, not sure if you have to retake test...

[kris9128]

never thought of that. oopss.

[beemerdevil]

and i thought points made prizes !!!!

hmmpphhh.......get the pushbike out the garage  

[kris9128]

It is NOT an automatic ban. There would need to be mitgating circumstances of why you should not be banned however.

Retest is only if ordered by the magistate. In exception cases and extended retest is required. In the case of totting up, a retest is not normally required.

well thats a bit of good news  

[Jim]

It is NOT an automatic ban. There would need to be mitgating circumstances of why you should not be banned however.

Retest is only if ordered by the magistate. In exception cases and extended retest is required. In the case of totting up, a retest is not normally required.

well thats a bit of good news  

A friend of mine just totted up 12 points and got a 6 month ban, they gave him a third of for an early gulity plee and ended up with a 4 month ban

[Danny]

does anybody know what happens when you get 12 points on your lisence. do you get banned or can you still drive.  

where did this happen??

[Andy B]

A bloke at work, who already had 9 points, was given another 8 or 9 but still kept his license and was allowed to continue driving because it would have caused undue hardship for him to get to work without a license. I always thought that was the point of giving a ban!  :-/

[kris9128]

does anybody know what happens when you get 12 points on your lisence. do you get banned or can you still drive.  

where did this happen??

on the lancs at swinton on the way into town. van was park on the bridge, rear end on ( not side on)  not sure wich side of dual carriage way they were targeting tho.

[Dave-C]

If he drives for his profession, use that as mitigating circumstances stating that his children will starve if he's unemployed due to this etc :-/   Alternatevely, slow down :-?

They'd never get me in my van, work isn't worth getting busted for, now in my Meega they could [smiley=evil.gif] Gatso detector and all

[kris9128]

If he drives for his profession, use that as mitigating circumstances stating that his children will starve if he's unemployed due to this etc :-/   Alternatevely, slow down :-?

They'd never get me in my van, work isn't worth getting busted for, now in my Meega they could [smiley=evil.gif] Gatso detector and all

the way i see it, they can play it 1 of 2 ways. they can let me keep my lisence and giv me a hefty fine OR they can take my lisence, i will wind my bussiness up, go on the dole and get my rent, council tax, school meals, prescriptions etc etc as well as claim for tax credits and every other benefit, credit, allowance i can get my hands on.

[stuy112]

I was still driving on 14 points, when I got caught again and I said that if I couldnt drive I'd be unemployed due to the location of my work and the costs the reply was that I should have thought about that before speeding, and if it was going to cause such hardship I wouldnt be speeding.

In the end I was banned for 28 days, and in hindsight it was better than any points - especially when I was expecting a ban for 2+ years for totting up and the original speeding offence! As an added bonus after the ban my insurance went down as although I have to declare the points and a ban I have a clean licence again.

for advice have a look on http://www.pepipoo.com/

[Bandit127]

Once had 17 points on my license but avoided a ban because 9 of them (3 bald tyres) came from the same arrest. In that case, only the biggest one counts for totting up.

So I actually had 11 points adding up for the ban.

This is important because you may have points that lump together like this.