When do I get my licence back

[noble3r]

As a disqualified driver soon to be back on the road I wanted to make sure I didn't jump the gun.

I now have my licence in hand.

Was banned for 9months, but is that from the date i was pulled or the date of my court appearence?

Just wanted confirmation, my bet is with the court case date!

thanks in advance

[Funk]

I was banned from the date of my court appearance. It was 3 calendar months (not measured as 90 days, etc). You can get your licence back before the ban ends, but it's not valid until the ban ends.

I was banned on the 19th December 2006, I drove again 19th March 2007.

[FishFace]

My ban expired... Oh wait I've never been banned.

It expires the date the Court stated the ban was to last to. Surely you are aware of when that date is.

[noble3r]

if i was aware of when the date was why the hell would I post the topic...

Hmmmm.... not so clever are we!!

[Fort Jefferson]

noble3r said:

if i was aware of when the date was why the hell would I post the topic...

Hmmmm.... not so clever are we!!

The words kettle, teapot and black come to mind.

[Piglet]

If you've been party to the proceedings and you don't know when you were banned from and to, how would snyone else know

Does your licence have a new "valid date" on it? If not look at the paperwork the Court gave you.

[FishFace]

Fort Jefferson said:

noble3r said:

if i was aware of when the date was why the hell would I post the topic...

Hmmmm.... not so clever are we!!

The words kettle, teapot and black come to mind.

You're disqualified from the Court date. I assume it isn't until test passed?

[Funk]

Christ you lot are ing judgemental sometimes. The guy posted a legitimate question (which I've answered already) and you're ripping into him.

It wasn't immediately clear to ME when I was banned when I would be allowed to drive from. I sought clarification from my solicitor.

To the OP; re. taking a new test, you'll only need to do this if it was specified by the judge that banned you.

[SS2.]

FishFace said:

You're disqualified from the Court date.

If it was taken from the offence date (and considering the usual delay in getting defendants into court), then a short term ban would likely have expired before the Magistrates had even awarded it..

Edited by SS2. on Sunday 17th February 14:51

[Engineer1]

noble3r said:

As a disqualified driver soon to be back on the road I wanted to make sure I didn't jump the gun.

I now have my licence in hand.

Was banned for 9months, but is that from the date i was pulled or the date of my court appearance?

Just wanted confirmation, my bet is with the court case date!

thanks in advance

I would suspect from the date of court appearance otherwise you would have been driving whilst disqualified without knowing it as you hadn't attended court and been sentenced.

[Piglet]

Funk said:

Christ you lot are ing judgemental sometimes. The guy posted a legitimate question (which I've answered already) and you're ripping into him.

It wasn't immediately clear to ME when I was banned when I would be allowed to drive from. I sought clarification from my solicitor.

To the OP; re. taking a new test, you'll only need to do this if it was specified by the judge that banned you.

It all depends on what the Court said and I fail to see how anyone else can tell the OP that? You can only tell him what happened in your case and what is likely to have happened to him. He needs to know what happened in his case which will be written on his own Court papers. So rather than asking other people he needs to look at his Court papers and not get pissy with others because their crystal balls are a bit foggy

[Funk]

I wasn't aware it would be anything other than a ban effective immediately from the court date (ie, don't plan on driving home...) for the number of calendar months specified or the number of days given.

Since the OP said it was a 9-month ban, it'll be 9 calendar months from the date of his court hearing as far as I'm aware.

[Scraggles]

maybe the op should ask the court who banned him, they might know the date and if they confirmed it in writing and then the plod stopped him....