Northern Ireland speeding offence on UK licence

[Andy665]

Struggling to get a clear view on this.

I was out in Northern Ireland a few weeks ago helping out a dealer friend and was doing some running around for him, I was on his traders insurance.

Totally forgot about a van having a lower NSL and got caught doing 72 in a 70, van limit was 60.

Anyone advise on whether the points will appear on my UK licence or whether I will be offered a course (fully clean licence for 6 years) as getting conflicting info?

[Decky_Q]

You'll be offered an online course, I had similar for similar speed recently.

Just for info, yes NI points will appear on a UK licence.

[Andy665]

Decky_Q said:

You'll be offered an online course, I had similar for similar speed recently.

Just for info, yes NI points will appear on a UK licence.

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

Completely forgot about larger vans being limited to 60 in a 70 limit.

[E-bmw]

Andy665 said:

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

Completely forgot about larger vans being limited to 60 in a 70 limit.

You say "in a 70 limit", I assume you mean a DCW as the limit on a motorway (which is also a 70 limit) for a van is 70.

[Decky_Q]

The main motorway M1, in NI changes quite regularly between motorway and DCW, you need to pay attention to the junction types to know the difference, not surprised a visitor would fall foul of this.

[Pica-Pica]

Decky_Q said:

You'll be offered an online course, I had similar for similar speed recently.

Just for info, yes NI points will appear on a UK licence.

Reassuring to know that Northern Ireland is still part of UK.

[Pica-Pica]

E-bmw said:

Andy665 said:

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

Completely forgot about larger vans being limited to 60 in a 70 limit.

You say "in a 70 limit", I assume you mean a DCW as the limit on a motorway (which is also a 70 limit) for a van is 70.

Technically 'good vehicles' and below 7.5 tonne.
Beware in Scotland though on some roadsm
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

[speedking31]

Andy665 said:

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

It's 12 mph over a 60 mph limit. Should still be a SAC though.

[martinbiz]

speedking31 said:

Andy665 said:

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

It's 12 mph over a 60 mph limit. Should still be a SAC though.

The speed where the option for a course finishes is 76 in a 60

[LunarOne]

Pica-Pica said:

E-bmw said:

Andy665 said:

Thats what I suspected. Looking at PSNI guidelines any speed up to 15mph over in a 70 limit will get a course offered as long as you have not had one in previous 3 years, which I haven't.

Completely forgot about larger vans being limited to 60 in a 70 limit.

You say "in a 70 limit", I assume you mean a DCW as the limit on a motorway (which is also a 70 limit) for a van is 70.

Technically 'good vehicles' and below 7.5 tonne.
Beware in Scotland though on some roadsm
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

I thought it's whether the van is car-derived or not. Car-derived vans get car speed limits. Of course this indirectly affects the maximum weight of the van, but it's not the weight that directly affects the speed limit.