Will I lose my license?

[HybridTheory]

Good luck to you mate we all make mistakes from time to time and you've been pretty unlucky to be pulled over by the old bill when we have all these s on electric bikes with balaclavas running riot and the plod are nowhere to be seen .

Also insurance companies are taking us all for mugs with their prices

[TwigtheWonderkid]

HybridTheory said:

Good luck to you mate we all make mistakes from time to time and you've been pretty unlucky to be pulled over by the old bill when we have all these s on electric bikes with balaclavas running riot and the plod are nowhere to be seen .

1. There was no mistake. Forgetting to renew your insurance is a mistake. Not reading your policy so thinking you had DOC when you didn't is a mistake. Knowing you don't have insurance but deciding to drive anyway isn't a mistake. OP knowingly committed a crime and got caught.

2. He may have been lucky to get pulled over. If not, he might have been involved in a serious accident 5 mins later, and might then be looking at jail time.

[Durzel]

Driving at that time in the morning was silly. You were probably one of only several cars that traffic cop saw go past them.

As remarked already several times, a 5 minute commute is perfectly practical to walk or ride, so that excuse doesn’t wash at all.

Why would a judge allow “exceptional hardship” and leave the OP on 12 points when by their own admission they couldn’t afford insurance with 6 but drove anyway? They’d just be letting that person do the same thing and judging by the OP that’s exactly what they’d do.