Son stopped 44 in a 30, already has 3 points, licence 2 yrs
Discussion
Some advice please from anyone on here who knows the young driver revocation rules.
On August 22nd my lad was stopped doing 44 in a 30.
He already has 3 points for a similar offence in June of this year. He has slowed down now!
The copper on the 2nd offence, mentioned he'd probably have his licence revoked as he hadn't yet held it for 2 years, and 6 points is like 12 to those of us who've held it longer.
My son does deliveries as part of his job and he's worried he could lose his job in the time it takes to re-apply for his provisional and retake both theory and practical tests. He was willing to get a letter from his employer and attend court to plead to keep his licence, but three weeks after the offence he received a Fixed Penalty offer saying it could be dealt with by £100 fine and 3 points and no court. This offer letter only gives the option of attending court if you are challenging the allegation - which he is not.
So does the mere offer of dealing with it by fixed penalty suggest his licence won't be revoked, or have all the checks not been done when they send these out?
Also the DVLA website states that "You must apply for a new provisional licence and retake both parts of your driving test if your licence is cancelled within 2 years of passing them." He passed his driving test on 28/9/15 so as it's only a week until the 2nd anniversary of his test, if we didn't send it back for another week it won't be cancelled within the 2 years?
On August 22nd my lad was stopped doing 44 in a 30.
He already has 3 points for a similar offence in June of this year. He has slowed down now!
The copper on the 2nd offence, mentioned he'd probably have his licence revoked as he hadn't yet held it for 2 years, and 6 points is like 12 to those of us who've held it longer.
My son does deliveries as part of his job and he's worried he could lose his job in the time it takes to re-apply for his provisional and retake both theory and practical tests. He was willing to get a letter from his employer and attend court to plead to keep his licence, but three weeks after the offence he received a Fixed Penalty offer saying it could be dealt with by £100 fine and 3 points and no court. This offer letter only gives the option of attending court if you are challenging the allegation - which he is not.
So does the mere offer of dealing with it by fixed penalty suggest his licence won't be revoked, or have all the checks not been done when they send these out?
Also the DVLA website states that "You must apply for a new provisional licence and retake both parts of your driving test if your licence is cancelled within 2 years of passing them." He passed his driving test on 28/9/15 so as it's only a week until the 2nd anniversary of his test, if we didn't send it back for another week it won't be cancelled within the 2 years?
Monkeylegend said:
Do they offer a speed awareness course for a less than 2 year licence holder or is it a 3 pointer?
Thanks for the answers so far . . . even though it's not looking good. I don't think he will lose his job cos they like him and others can do deliveries. I'm hoping driving a fork lift on the work premises wouldn't be affected?His first offence was Gatso and was 34 in a 30 I think. He was offered the speed awareness course the first time but didn't take it due to time constraints. Also I think I might have put him off when I described the one I went on
TooMany2cvs said:
stropley said:
He was offered the speed awareness course the first time but didn't take it due to time constraints. Also I think I might have put him off when I described the one I went on
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