driving getting penatly points

[tracetracexx]

ihaue 9 points on my licence and just got 3more totals 12 in all.is there anythink i can do to stop my licence being taken of me.what will happen when i produce my licence with already haing 9 on there
will they send it back with 12points on there or wont i get it back.there must be something i can do to not have my licence taken of of me.

[Buenchico]

If a driving offence takes you to 12 (or more) penalty points, the matter can't be dealt with by the same people that deal with fixed penalties. You will be summoned to appear before a court, so that the magistrates can decide what to do.

The court is obliged to ban you from driving unless you can show that there are 'exceptional circumstances'. Magistrates are instructed that such circumstances must be really exceptional to prevent them from imposing a driving ban. In particular, they're told that the fact that an offender will lose their job if they're banned does not count as 'exceptional circumstances'.

If you can show, for example, that your seriously ill child would be unable to attend vital hospital appointments if you were banned, you might well stand a reasonable chance of keeping your licence. Otherwise a ban is effectively automatic.

Chris

[sara3]

I hate to point out the obvious, but are you not learning anything here?

[Ethel]

Everything you need to know about the totter

http://www.drivingban.co.uk/drivingban/totting up/drivingbantottingup.htm

[wendilla]

Simple answer -------------if you had not done wrong to get these points in the first place you would not have this worry. Only yourself to blame.

[jake-the-peg]

Wendilla, Sara

Do you guys get a self righteous kick from trawling the law forum looking for people to tell off?

Why don't you apply to be magistrates and you can turn it into a vocation!

Or are you expecting that someone will see your words of wisdom and go "What a fool I've been - I must change my life"?

Chris is right but some magistrates can be a bit unpredictable on this - it is a long shot though.

The other argument that seems to be effective is if you do any charitable work that would be affected. So if you do anything like scouts or stuff like that it's worth trying to argue that.

But it is a long shot

[wendilla]

Why put a question like this up in the first place .Why worry about if you will get you licence taken from you .People come on here and they know the outcome so why speed or what ever in the first place and NO I don't troll the forums I look for intellegent questions and answers.