Do you get points on your license in England for....
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Do you get points on your license in England for....
Do you get points on your driving record if your stopped for a broken headlight or bad tires in England .. Also do most Brits get another car every two years ?
#2
Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
What, on your US license? I shouldn't think so for one minute.
#4
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https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-en...penalty-points
CU20 3 points
CU30 3 points
#5
Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Oh right. The internet is right, certainly about the tyres.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
Last edited by markonline1; Sep 10th 2014 at 6:52 am.
#6
Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Oh right. The internet is right, certainly about the tyres.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
#7
Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Oh right. The internet is right, certainly about the tyres.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
#8
Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Oh right. The internet is right, certainly about the tyres.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
That list of points is pretty interesting. It's 12 points isn't it for a license suspension. Yet you kill someone driving dangerously or whilst drunk, it's a maximum of 11 points?? 3 points for effectively driving blind if you wear glasses??? And what the heck is furious driving LOL.
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I did think that. I googled it. It appears to be one of those laws where if you do something wrong but it's not covered under one of the obvious laws, they can throw this one at you. From Wikipedia "This offence is created by section 35 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving):"
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Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Most people? I would say not. Some do, some after three years, others much longer. Many people in the UK only buy used cars because the price of new cars is relatively very high compared to the price of used cars.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
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Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Most people? I would say not. Some do, some after three years, others much longer. Many people in the UK only buy used cars because the price of new cars is relatively very high compared to the price of used cars.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
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My family too. They used to buy the cheapest old bangers they could find, run them into the ground, sell them for scrap, rinse and repeat. That did mean my family had a rather eclectic vehicular history. If you saw the Wartburg (East German "executive car") on James May's Cars of the People the other week, we had one of those.
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If you look at the reg plates of UK cars there are very few who buy every two years, and a lot of the really new cars on the road are fleet lease cars. There aqre still a huge number of pre 2000 cars around. I only ever had one new car, and that was because my wife had mobility allowance that allowed us to get one for free, and they do change those evbry 3 years.
#14
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What is the relevance of this question to the US/Trailer Park sub-forum? Can't quite make the connection here....
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Re: Do you get points on your license in England for....
Most people? I would say not. Some do, some after three years, others much longer. Many people in the UK only buy used cars because the price of new cars is relatively very high compared to the price of used cars.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
My father only ever bought one new car in his life, and kept cars for anything from 4-10 years. I bought three cars in the UK and all were used; I suspect that if I had stayed there I may never have bought a new car.
I don't know if that's still the case mind.