When You Are Caught Speeding....

[Tilly2]

and you get points on your licence, do they stay there forever?

I have not been caught speeding, a member of my family has. Fined £120.

I have no idea what points on the licence actually means. Can you tell me please.

[Prudie]

They stay for 3 or 4 years I think. In that time you must not tot up more than 12 or it's a ban. Usually 3 points for speeding, varies for other offences.

[Peaspeculiars]

Hiya Tilly, check out the Gov link below for the breakdown... xx
https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements

[Buenchico]

Penalty points remain valid for 'totting up' purposes for three years but they can't actually be removed from a licence until four years are up. (There are longer periods for some more serious motoring offences but it's 4 years for speeding).

Anyone acquiring 12 (or more points) during a 3-year period must appear before a court. The court is required to ban them from driving unless there are genuinely exceptional circumstances. (Courts are instructed that the possibility of a driver losing his job if he is banned from driving does NOT qualify as an 'exceptional circumstance'. Courts should normally only consider circumstances where others might suffer if a driver was to lose his licence, such as a parent being unable to take their seriously ill child to regular appointments at a cancer clinic).

[Sycamore3House]

When the offence is spent you can get them taken off your paper licence by applying to the DVLA but you get charged. If you just leave them on your licence after they are spent and then say move house they will automatically be taken off if spent.

[IWillHelpYa]

You can apply to the DVLA to have the endorsements removed completely from your licence after they are spent, usually 3 years.

[grasscarp]

They are spent after 3 years and can be removed after 4 years.