No insurance or baldy tyres

[Byff]

Which would attract the least points/penalty?

Not causing death etc etc, but if you were just cruising along, plod pulls you, what would you be punished if you had no insurance?

Is baldy tyres still 3 points/tyre?

BTW, its just a daft pub argument so don't think i'm off out in a defective vehicle heh heh - I wouldn't be that daft!

[agent006]

I seem to remember bald tyres have some huge fine attatched too.

[apache]

£1000 per tyre if plod doesn't like the cut of yer jib, also if you have a prang with ins but bald tyres the plod will probably do you if they get involved which will mean you were driving a defective vehicle which will mean the ins company giving you the bird

[Byff]

looks like I lost my argument if that £1000/tyre is true.

BTW, welsh rarebit is a soup and cheese on toast - another daft pub argument, but we were both right

[Deester]

When I was a lad, ah hem.. I had a 3 door sierra cosworth and when i first bought it the tyres were really F1 style.

On my way to get tyres the police stopped me and said you have 2 bald tyres. I agreed and told him I just bought the car and was off to get it sorted. He said get it fixed and have this bit of paper stamped by an MOT garage and handed back to us within 2 weeks.

No points or fines.

Deester...

[Byff]

So what is the worst case scenarios for fines/points for the two offences?

[Buffalo]

Max points as of the DETR leaflet i have at home is 3-6 points and £1000 fine (can't remember if that is fixed or a maximum though) per defect!!

So that is not per tyre - if you had two cuts say in the sidewall, thats two fines...!

[Byff]

Anyone know the penalty for driving with no insurance?

[alan_driver]

Byff said: Anyone know the penalty for driving with no insurance?

9 points and a fine i beleive. I saw a program, young people wer not getting insurance because the punishment is less than the cost of insurance. Also for new drivers, they get more points than your licence has (because held for less than 3 years) but less than a normal licence.
so i presume thats between 7-11?
However, it was ages since I saw this program, and it probably was on CH5. Dont even know why I wrote this, not very helpful.

[outlaw]

Byff said: Anyone know the penalty for driving with no insurance?

ushaly 6points and fine If your on the dole about 150 fine if you plead poverty

If you dont pay and do the days and fix it so the court dates on a friday you get driven to nick given a dinner some tea and a ticket home the same day.

Driving - No Insurance 6-8 penalty points

Defective Tyres 3 penalty points per tyre


>> Edited by outlaw on Friday 21st March 22:15

[Deester]

Everyone agrees that 3 points is the norm for bauldy tyres but has anyone any experience of this actually happening?