If you get stopped by the police for talking on the phone with your mobile?

Question

and speeding and they put points on your licence, does that mean you have a criminal record in the UK?

Answer 1

No, point's on your licence doesn't constitute a criminal record but a ban would !! :)

Answer 2

Yes you will have a criminal record. You will probably be fined and get points on your licence and have to go to court, therefore because you have appeared before a judge this will go down on record along with the outcome. You have technically commited two offences. 1. using the mobile phone whilst driving and 2. speeding. These could also be classed as dangerous driving.

Answer 3

When stopped you will be offered a 'conditional offer' which is a sixty pounds fine and 3 pionts on your licence. If you accept this you will have to bring your licence to a police station within 7 days and it will be sent off to the courts.

If you contest the issue and go to court with the matter and loose you will have a criminal record. This is a record kept by Police and courts to say that you have appeared there and have been found guilty od an offence.

This would also effect visa applications and job applications as you are required by some employees to disclose the information......if you are not a brickie that is!

Answer 4

If you are caught speeding AND using your mobile phone, you have committed 2 separate offences which could be combined to be considered the (more subjective) offence of careless driving. Should the officer feel that this is the most appropriate offence, you will not be given a conditional offer of points and will probably have to appear in court. If you're found guilty, you will receive a criminal record. It is in your interests to accept any offer of points that you receive (unless the 'totting up' rule of 12 points applies - then go to court and contest it as you don't have a lot to lose).

Answer 5

No, some driving offences will lead to a criminal conviction -For example - Death By Dangerous Driving

The Police would normally give you 3 points for both offences UNLESS you deny the charges which means you would go to court, which can be costly not only for the tax payer..and for you! (court costs)... For the speeding, Did you get caught by an officer or by a camera?

If it was a camera a NIPS ( Notice Intended Prosecution) then it will normally take 2 weeks to come through the post then you will have to surrender your licence for the points to be added.

If by an officer then for BOTH offence then normally they would summons you to courts.

I have dealt will people that have commited 2 offences whilst driving, but I am ALWAYS firm..but fair...I would probably give you points for one of them and them give you a right B**locking!!! for the other...

What ever the outcome, I hope you think about your actions in future..good luck

Answer 6

After having to pay for the 'honour' of having your licence endorsed with three points, I bet you now look back thinking that your call was not that important.

As a driver and motorbike rider, what I see on the roads amazes me. And all this is often policed with a few speed cameras which policy makers think are the alternative to traffic patrols.

The points on your licence are of no consequence at all. You're lucky not to have killed someone. This law exists
for a number of reasons. Here's just three of them:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3300877.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1887245.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1166267.stm

Answer 7

There is absolutely no excuse for talking on your mobile while driving, unless it is hands free. We all had plenty of warning about the new laws.Hands free sets are so cheap, why didn't people rush out and buy them. Particularly companies are at fault, all the white van and artic drivers holding phones to their ears. Women coming out of Tesco car parks dialling on their mobiles - why couldn't they do that before they start the car?I do admit to using phone in car but always hands free, and only to answer calls never to make them. I think the law should get even tougher and also on all those who don't wear seat belts.
Usually find when someone's got a mobile stuck to his/her ear in the car, they're inevitably not wearing a seat belt, usually one brake light at least is defective, and more likely or not, no insurance, tax etc and in an accident it's us innocents who get hurt and hammered with higher insurances.

Answer 8

Ah, I see the thumbs down saddo's here again! Anyway, to deal with your question, a fixed penalty jobbie is not a conviction, for that you have to go to court, so there will be no criminal record.

Answer 9

Hi,it comes under Traffic Offences.

Answer 10

Mobile phone offences and speeding are just that.... offences. They are not crimes and you will not have a criminal record.