If you had 9 points how would you drive...?
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MX7 said:
tim2100 said:
OT, Sorry to point you out GM but this always seems bizarre to me.
Somebody without a licence so is not allowed on the road is caught and subsequently banned from being on the road. Its not much of a deterrent.
What else can they do?Somebody without a licence so is not allowed on the road is caught and subsequently banned from being on the road. Its not much of a deterrent.
tim2100 said:
General Madness said:
I drove before I had my licence. I was caught, banned and issued with 8 points.
OT, Sorry to point you out GM but this always seems bizarre to me. Somebody without a licence so is not allowed on the road is caught and subsequently banned from being on the road. Its not much of a deterrent.
2. Once they go legitimately they will have to explain the points until they expire.
3. The past ban will all ways be available to the Traffic Commissioners and where Enhanced DBS / CRB is required - as relevant to Driving Occupational and/or Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults.
Pints said:
Dog Star said:
This is the thing: he isn't. He has no interest in cars or driving at all; he uses a car to get from A to B. Nothing more. All his fines have been for driving round town 38 in a 30 type of stuff.
Probably a good thing for the rest of us then that he's off the road.
The thing that cured me was having a decent car, now I know I can overtake the huge queue of traffic and the caravan at any time, I take way fewer risks. However, he clearly has no clue about driving so I'd agree with the folks who suggest some kind of advanced driving/speed awareness course. I also think that a ban would wake him up. The fact is, whether or not he's interested, in cars or driving to a certain standard, he owes it to other road users.
Cheers
MTM
Cheers
MTM
Herman Toothrot said:
Sounds like an idiot who is completely unaware if his surroundings. Fixed cameras are so easy to see there is no excuse to get caught by them, you deserve a proper punishment. If you can't react to an 8' tall luminous orange box what chance does a pedestrian have.
Tell him to open his eyes and when he sees a camera or other hazard to slow down, not exactly hard is it?
Actually, I've seen quite a few placed in rather sneaky places behind trees etc so not always obvious.Tell him to open his eyes and when he sees a camera or other hazard to slow down, not exactly hard is it?
Re the OP, if I'm honest, I'd have started being uber anal about speed limits at 6 points let alone 9.
In my mid twenties, I picked up 11 points in the space of about 3 months. I spent 2 1/2 years not really driving like Miss Daisy's chauffeur, but making sure that I was never the quickest car on the motorway and being extra observant for plod when going for overtakes etc. The one worry that was always in the back of my mind was getting caught out on a set of traffic lights or something equally silly.
I have had a clean licence for the last 14 years or so, although I do have to attend a little driver awareness course later this month due to travelling ever so slightly too quickly through a specs zone on the M4
I have had a clean licence for the last 14 years or so, although I do have to attend a little driver awareness course later this month due to travelling ever so slightly too quickly through a specs zone on the M4
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