gidged500
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Registered: 18th Aug 09
Location: Lancashire
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Have you guys got any aswell I got 3 yesterday  they take long to be dropped ?
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Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
Location: Tyne and Wear, gateshead
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9 points last year , but i think i should be back down to just 3 as the las t 6 have expired recently .
when your on 9 u drive like a fairy cos ur so scared of getting any more lol
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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4 or 5 years i think. Not got any 
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Jed D
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Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
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all depends on what you got them for on how they effect your insurance and obviously only allowed 6 in your first 2 years of driving
i got 3 for failure to comply with a road traffic sign (TS30?) and they didnt effect my insurance at all
i went through a 'buses only' but it was actually an emergency (i never take that route and it'd shave loads of time on a daily basis)
i also got pulled over and told i was geting another 3 for overtaking on double white line... sent my licence off... came back without them  got lucky i suppose
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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I haven't had any and I've been driving for 15 years.
(go's and finds some wood to touch.)
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jrneedo
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Registered: 10th Oct 07
Location: Sheffield
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Currently have 6 and looks like I'm due another 6 next month, hopefully after 3 of those drop off next month.
It's usually 3 years for regular speeding ones to come back off.
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evilrob
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Registered: 16th Mar 12
Location: Your mum's house
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I got three for using my mobile phone (not even to make a call) WHILE STATIONARY at the pumps. I'd just filled up - put the keys in the ignition, turned one click to check my trip computer (as I log how much I filled up by and how many miles I did since I last filled up on my phone - when my mpg starts dropping I know it's time for service). The Old Bill pull up behind, knock on the window and tell me that it's an offence to use a mobile phone whilst in control of a vehicle on a public road, even when not moving.
I argued that a) The engine wasn't on and b) I'm on a GARAGE FORECOURT FFS. But legally, it turns out, that you're in control of a vehicle as soon as the keys are in the ignition, and a garage forecourt - even though the land is privately owned - is considered a public thoroughfare as the public drive through it.
Must have been a slow day. Luckily my insurance company (Admiral) didn't give a fuck, and my premium stayed the same, so not all bad.
[Edited on 07-04-2012 by evilrob]
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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Ive had a clean licence for the 4 years ive had it, then the first time i ever get pulled over, i got banned straight away! :@
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evilrob
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Registered: 16th Mar 12
Location: Your mum's house
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Grim out!
[Edited on 07-04-2012 by evilrob]
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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3 years the count towards total points then expire
4 years can be removed from license
have to tell your insurers for 5 years
(ie 2 years after they expire after the 3 year period you are supposed to still tell them)
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shaned12345
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Registered: 28th Sep 10
Location: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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I've got 3 points for 70 in a 50.
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Adster
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Registered: 8th Jul 10
Location: Leyland, Lancs
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no points  
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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points are three years for totting up purposes and 4 years to clear off ur counterpart... thats what i was told when i got 3 for speeding (sp30) in february
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Sp30 in August 08. Should be off now.
Did a speed awareness course last month too, waste of 4 hours of my life!
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I have an SP30. Should be able to removed them end of next year I think.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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quote:
Originally posted by Adster
no points
13 years of driving here too. Definitely some good luck involved there though.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Had 19 the other year. Down to 6 now though. Win!
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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I had 3, TS10, long gone now though. Got removed off my license when I passed my trailer test last year but they expired a couple of years prior to that.
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Had 19 the other year. Down to 6 now though. Win!
Only you
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Quiet Fingers McGee.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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3 for using a mobile phone that wasn't switched on. so technically just holding it at traffic lights. can't prove i wasn't using it, even though it had smashed to bits on the floor and the battery cover was knackered, screen cracked etc etc. wankers, although i shouldn't have given them the option by having it in my hands really.
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Quiet Fingers McGee.
That's low, Am not Scottish
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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Never had points been driving 7 years. Banned twice, but no points
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
3 for using a mobile phone that wasn't switched on. so technically just holding it at traffic lights. can't prove i wasn't using it, even though it had smashed to bits on the floor and the battery cover was knackered, screen cracked etc etc. wankers, although i shouldn't have given them the option by having it in my hands really.
Didn't you show them it was a broken phone? Surely the cunts can't do you for holding a phone that doesn't even work.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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yep, they claimed that i could have thrown the back away and the battery on the seat to try and get away with it. sadly, can't actually argue.
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