Right then, I am on 9 points at the minute but today i THINK i got caught by a camera van on the side of the road in a 30.....I was doing about 37

What is the procedure???

I have heard of poeple getting 12 points but still being allowed to drive

Also i have heard that sometimes if you go to court and get your boss to go aswell and say that he needs a licence for his job, ect ect ect they will still give you the points but let you carry on driving???


Also, when do you get to go on these day courses all about speed instead of getting the points?????

 

You lose your license. or if you can prove not having a license will affect your life, i.e youll lose your job etc etc then you might be able to have 12 points and no ban but if you get 3 more i'd imagine they'd bum you for everything you've got/

 

thats shit news tiff

fingers crossed for you!

or u could get someone with no points to take em on, and give em a drink

 

Give me your mi-16 pug and i'll take your points

 

That is the next thing i think

 

 

I dont think you can with a camera van tbh mate as it gets a picture of the driver

 

 

and you can bet it wont be his good side

 

there is a get out clause that allows you to drive beyond the 12 point rule and you can only use this clause once.

I know as I was facing similar circumstances a few years back

 

I know 3 different people who needed there car for there work and got a letter from there companies ect saying if they lost there licence, they'd loose there job. Made no difference and they still got banned so dont relay on that one matey

 

Stoo

How long were they banned for??

Ran

Enlighten me

 

Well 1 was banned for 6 months, 2nd was banned for 3 months and a big fine, other was 3 months(i think)

Not sure on the price of the fine's.They were going much harder than you though so that obviously wouldnt have helped them any

 

Cheers Stoo

So IF i did get caught, i wouldnt be looking at a 3 year ban then.....hopefully

Also, after the ban do you get a clean slate??

 

When do i have to of been notified by?????

 

if youre speedo read 37mph you should be ok,speedos are shockingly out compared to gps!
and std procedure for totting up (ive done this) is 6 month ban

 

14 days. doubt youd get a 3 year ban tbh mate

 

What happens then mate...

I get the usual form to fill in and send my licence off.....then what as they will see the other 9 points on it???

Also...when you get you licence back do you have to take another test?

 

My mate got banned recently but the fool was drink driving so he deserved it. Bloody idiot.

Sorry to hear this tho mate.

 

tiff,i went to court for it(i got 15 points! ) basically you hand over your license,they look at it,then they say they are gonna ban you and fine you so much etc etc...from that point onwards until the end of your ban you cant drive,as long as you have been driving a while,like yourself you wont have to resit anything,dont worry,they give you a information leaflet that explains when you can reapply for your license,then when you get it vback it has NO points,but a tt99 for totting up.my insurance was cheaper after the ban actually as i kept my insurance going and got another years no claims (no claims can be kept for 18 months without driving! )
hope this helps

 

was the van pointing towards you then? side window/back door etc?

 

Cheers Big Wig

89XR2

The van waspointing towards me and the camera was sticking out the back window

 

That sucks. I'd wait and see what happens mate, as someone said theres a good chance your speedo is way out anyway. possibly a good 5-7 mph anyway. Hope it turns out ok

 

I was in my Vauxhall Viverio Van---Hopefully there speedos are very out

 

Stoo


Exactly the same just happened to my mate he got caught over a 5 year period and clocked up 12 points the last 3 being only 1 month before the 1st 3 came off.

In the end he went to court pleaded he needed his license for his job, the judge then said "you have had 3 previouse warning and attemts to slow down you choose not to so your banned for 6 months"

He lost his job and is now working in Holland with a company pedal iron.

I know each case is different and i depends if the judges missus has piped him off that morning but imo your looking at about the same unfortunatly

 

Alps

Sounds just like me, my first 3 are due off in 4 months

 

in that case i think you will find they where monitoring the traffic comming towards you ie: they dont photograph you going away so you will be ok.

 

Pity it wasnt a saturday or sunday Tiff as being in drag would have meant no way they could have proved it was you..

 

Ian

I was driving at the van, it had its rear window open with the camera sticking out. So i would of got the front of my van

 

I think i may of left a bit of Eye-liner on from the weekend so i may be able to pull the wool over there eyes

 

this has happened to me a few times and i,ve thought i had been caught but nothing ever came of it.

 

yeah mate i think a lot of it depends on what other points were for, i totted up and got a years ban, but know people that have got away with keeping their licences, good luck mate

 

I hope you are right then mate

Cheers Ian

 

You sure it wasnt 1 of those tax viehicles, big van with 2 flaps on the upper back doors.

They check everything apart from speed, tax, insurance, if the registered keeper is a disqual driver etc etc.

There is normally a load of plod cars about though if it is?????????????

 

It did have 2 flaps at the top of the rear doors

No plod cars about though, and the speed camera signs were up that bit of road, as i went back and checked

 

You should be able to find details of your local road camera safety teams routes on the net. what county do you live in mate?

 

if its gonna go to court, the best thing you can try and do is get it adjourned until your points come off, get a doctors note, or try to, and then maybe by the time your case comes through your points will already be off, im sure one of my mates did this and marginally missed a ban

Sarah

 

Tiff - buy a RoadAngel with Laser capabilities...............saved my bacon on more than one occasion.

 

tbh i went through one at about 40 in the Cossie and i was adamant that it was a speed camera but didnt hear anything at all, maybe you'll be lucky and it just be a tax van

Sarah

 

Fingers crossed for you...a few weeks back I thought I'd been caught in a 30 by a van whilst doing 35ish and nothing came through....so you never know..