licence clean.

[anonymous-user]

if someone had a drink drive from 2008 and no other things on licence, and was asked at interview in 2014 if licence is clean, what is the correct answer.

[3Dee]

I think technically - YES if over 5 years!

BUT, if they ask a different question i.e. have you had any motoring convictions, then the answer would be different!

[Dave Hedgehog]

drink drive convictions are spent after 5 years. Although the endorsement remains on your licence for 11 years (declare for insurance)

[GrahamC230K]

https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements/how...

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

The interviewer needs to be more specific. We always ask if there's a DR10 etc shown on the licence (as that's what our insurers are picky about)

How would you define clean? That's the problem...clean may not mean current

[davepoth]

Dave Hedgehog said:

drink drive convictions are spent after 5 years. Although the endorsement remains on your licence for 11 years (declare for insurance)

You don't have to declare it for insurance purposes. Read the last sentence here.

http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications...

There was a substantial discussion about this earlier in the year as regards whether endorsements are a sentence or not, but even if they are it seems they are spent after five years.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

The Spruce goose said:

if someone had a drink drive from 2008 and no other things on licence, and was asked at interview in 2014 if licence is clean, what is the correct answer.

No is the correct answer. If you have a speeding offence on your licence from 1970, then your licence isn't clean. It could be, if you sent it off to get it removed. A clean licence is one free from endorsements.

Drink driving is on your licence for 11 yrs anyway so your licence couldn't be clean after 6, regardless of rehabilitation periods.

Having said that, if you're out of the rehabilitation period, they'd be wrong to hold it against you.

[ging84]

I think the correct answer would be that you do not have any unspent convictions on your licence