Points on your licence

i have an sp30 for speeding in a 750 panda

3 for 78 on a motorway

Points for speeding and most other offences are valid for three years from date of offence. Any further offences within those three years and they count for totting up.

If you elect for trial and are found guilty, the date of conviction could be 6 months or more after the date of the offence. The points still count from date of offence.

As an example - if you have 9 points and are caught speeding again a few days within the 3 years and go to trial, you might be found guilty 3 years and 6 months after the first offence. But because totting up is calculated from the date of offence the first points are still valid, which is why they stay on your licence for an extra year.


All this started years ago when the only record of points was what was written on the licence, these days the legal record is kept at DVLA and if you "can't find" your licence the court will still have a record to work from.


Insurance contracts are civil law not criminal law so they can ask for records going back 5 years in order to make a reasoned calculation of the risk you present.

115mph! Bloody hell how did you manage that?! mine does 98 according to RR!

115mph! Bloody hell how did you manage that?! mine does 98 according to RR!

3 days after passing my test i got 3 points cos a police riot van officer didnt feel it was safe to pull out of the junction that i was coming up too, because i didnt let him out they therefore assumed i was speeding, no camera or speed guns where used, had NO proof of my speed. actuall fact i was doing 34 in a 30 and didnt feel the need to let him out becuase he had no urgency or lights on!! got 60 quid fine and 3 points!! badtimes..but hey im still on the road!!

Why didn't you take it to court if they had no proof?

By the way, Police dont have to have lights on to go faster than the sleep limit.

He never said the cop van was speeding, just because he was a copper don't mean he gets right of way.

A ex police friend of mine got done for going through a green light, we sorry a red light about 6 months ago I asked him why he didn't challange it and he simply said he had no proof that he didn't and the police officer would have better credability in court than him, I.e so many years in service etc etc so it was easier to take the points and a fixed fine.

I'm not for one min saying police always win, they don't as we have found out in the news today ...

3 days after passing my test i got 3 points cos a police riot van officer didnt feel it was safe to pull out of the junction that i was coming up too, because i didnt let him out they therefore assumed i was speeding, no camera or speed guns where used, had NO proof of my speed. actuall fact i was doing 34 in a 30 and didnt feel the need to let him out becuase he had no urgency or lights on!! got 60 quid fine and 3 points!! badtimes..but hey im still on the road!!

I felt VERY grumpy for getting done at 80, you must be really narked!

115mph! Bloody hell how did you manage that?! mine does 98 according to RR!

Mmmmm I checked my old style paper licence (I don't have a fangled new photo one). 9 points in 22 years of driving - All SP30's. 6 points in the last 2 years though. 3 for doing 55 in a 50 zone and 3 for 78 on a motorway