9 speeding points and facing 3 more, what will happen?

Question

Hi,
Please could you help with my question, I have 9 points on my license and am facing 3 more, however 3 of them were 3.5 years ago so are not valid in a court of law, Will this be a ban or will it mean that I have still only 9 points left? I was doing 40 in a 30 zone?

Please help

Thanks

ps - do 30,000 business miles a year!

Answer 1

if 3 points were more than 3 years ago, they wont be on computer, and when you hand your licence to DVLA it will be updated and there fore come back to you STILL with 9 points...

a little advice, google speed camera detection....

good luck

Answer 2

motoring offences
updated 18 August 2006

General Road Traffic Offences
Totting up

Under the totting up provisions a driver can be disqualified where he/she accumulates a certain number of penalty points within a three year period. The "magic" number is 12.

If you reach 12 penalty points within the 3 year period (and it is the date of the offences and NOT the date of the hearings which is relevant), then you will be disqualified for a minimum period of 6 months.

If you are then disqualified the slate is wiped clean of points at the date you get your licence back.

To avoid being banned for totting up you will need to be able to convince the court that there are "mitigating circumstances". This means that you will have to show that a disqualification would cause exceptional hardship. The loss of your job could be considered to be exceptional hardship. As could the loss of employment for others dependant on you, or hardship to members of his family.

Level of Fines
Level 1 £200
Level 2 £500
Level 3 £1,000
Level 4 £2,500
Level 5 £5,000
Speeding/Exceeding the speed limit (SP30)

Offence
Driving on a road exceeding the prescribed speed limit

Maximum penalty
Fine not exceeding Level 3
Endorsement with 3-6 penalty points
Discretionary disqualification

Comment
If you are doing more than 30mph over limit you are very likely to be disqualified depending on speed, road traffic conditions, weather etc.

If you are offered a fixed penalty option, and you are guilty then you are probably best to take this option, as your licence will be endorsed with the minimum number of penalty points and the fine (currently £60) is likely to be less than that imposed by the court. There will also be no court fees.

Possible defences are that you were not speeding, that it was not you driving, or that you were driving an exempted vehicle in an emergency.

The prosecution may obtain a conviction by producing in evidence photographs taken from speed cameras. There is no requirement that such photos have any other evidence to back them up. If no photo is available then the evidence to convict you must come from at least two different sources, although one of these may be mechanical such as the police car's speedometer/radar gun/VASCAR. Under s20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act (as amended by s23 of the Road Traffic Act 1991) where a radar device is used the police merely need to provide a record produced by the prescribed device AND (in the same or a separate document) a certificate as to the circumstances in which the record was produced, signed by constable or authorised person.

Answer 3

you will still be at 9 points as the other points come off in 3 years but stay on for 4 years. and i suggest you stop speeding lol.... tut tut, then again we all do it.. and it is said that by 2010 everyone in the UK will have 3 points on there licence...

Answer 4

Opps...

You should be fine i think. Points are only valid for 3 years but they have to stay on your licence for 4 so your 3.5 year old points should not count

Answer 5

Where are you?
In Ontario, Canada you need to accumulate 15 points before they take your licence, and I believe that it takes 4 full years for points to come off. You need to call your local Ministry of Transportation or DMV to find out the specifics of your province/state/city.

Answer 6

It differs from state to state but the dmv removes points from you lisence every 2 years, so you'll most likely end up with 9 points again. Slow down

Answer 7

That depends on the laws of your state or province.

Regardless of whether you lose your license, you WILL pay more for insurance. You've shown a pattern of risky driving, and you'll pay for that for years now. I hope that bit of speed was worth it...

Answer 8

Sorry, but BMP1 is wrong, point are now on you license for four years, therefore you are facing a driving ban!

Answer 9

you can get 12 points within three years before 'possibly' being disqualified. therefore you will be fine as three of your points will have been wiped off. you'll get a £60 fine as well for the latest speeding offence....slow down in future

Answer 10

12 points and bye bye licence
the 3 from over 3 yr will not count so you have 9