Holding EU license in UK as British Citizen
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I'm a British citizen residing in the UK since Jan 2018, holding a German driving license which is valid until 2030.
What happens were I to get points for speeding (not that I expect any soon or intend to get any)? What happens say if I had run up 6 points and I then traded my German license in for a UK license, do they get transferred somehow?
German licenses don't have a "points" system, but I understand the UK will create a "temporary" UK license for foreign drivers who receive British penalty points.
What happens were I to get points for speeding (not that I expect any soon or intend to get any)? What happens say if I had run up 6 points and I then traded my German license in for a UK license, do they get transferred somehow?
German licenses don't have a "points" system, but I understand the UK will create a "temporary" UK license for foreign drivers who receive British penalty points.
To accept a Fixed Penalty, you'd need to [temporarily] surrender your German licence.
A virtual licence / driver's record would be created by DVLA onto which any penalty points would be added.
If you accumulated 12 or more penalty points in a 3 year period, you'd be liable to be disqualified from driving in GB for at least 6 months.
A virtual licence / driver's record would be created by DVLA onto which any penalty points would be added.
If you accumulated 12 or more penalty points in a 3 year period, you'd be liable to be disqualified from driving in GB for at least 6 months.
alex98uk said:
...but I understand the UK will create a "temporary" UK license for foreign drivers who receive British penalty points.
You've never had a UK licence?"Foreign driver" isn't anything to do with nationality of the person. It's everything to do with who issued the licence. If you've held a UK licence before, then DVLA will already have a record for you - but if not, they'll create one.
SS2. said:
To accept a Fixed Penalty, you'd need to [temporarily] surrender your German licence.
A virtual licence / driver's record would be created by DVLA onto which any penalty points would be added.
If you accumulated 12 or more penalty points in a 3 year period, you'd be liable to be disqualified from driving in GB for at least 6 months.
OK cool, that makes sense. I just wasnt sure how it worked. I've not had a speeding ticket since I was 17 and learning to drive, don't intend to any time soon A virtual licence / driver's record would be created by DVLA onto which any penalty points would be added.
If you accumulated 12 or more penalty points in a 3 year period, you'd be liable to be disqualified from driving in GB for at least 6 months.
TooMany2cvs said:
You've never had a UK licence?
"Foreign driver" isn't anything to do with nationality of the person. It's everything to do with who issued the licence. If you've held a UK licence before, then DVLA will already have a record for you - but if not, they'll create one.
Yeah, I had held one but it since expired as I took a German license instead. "Foreign driver" isn't anything to do with nationality of the person. It's everything to do with who issued the licence. If you've held a UK licence before, then DVLA will already have a record for you - but if not, they'll create one.
I hadn't considered what you said, that actually i'd still be on their system none the less. Suppose it makes sense.
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