Red traffic light prosecution

Lum

Yes all the courses are conditional on you admitting the offence regardless of which police force.

I don't think Cheshire offer a red light course, though I can't be certain. I know Merseyside do them.

And yes, all courses are an alternative to fine and prosecution. There are some courses that carry a fine and points as well but these are always given out by the courts and are for more serious offences. Usually they are offered in exchange for a reduced driving ban and thus are not relevant to the OP.

pendulum

kizkiz wrote: »

Wrong
It's a 3 point offence

He's talking about if you do the course. Duh!

fivetide

kizkiz wrote: »

Wrong
It's a 3 point offence

As others have said, it's crossing the white line that counts, however little you did it by.
Most people also don't realise that the stop line when there is a box at the front for bikes is the first white line, so all those muppets who stop in the box have technically comitted the offence

kizkiz I think you'll find this is in reply to the question about going on a course.

Further up I've said it is a TS10 and three points.

do try to read the thread properly in future eh?

5t.

mark61120

From the .gov website;
The National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme:

You can choose to take your course at a venue that suits you as long as the course fits with the nationally approved model.

I wonder then if Cheshire doesn't offer one, if I can go to the nearest one that does? (fingers crossed!!!)

I would just like to say thank you to those people who have given relevant advice (especially Lum). It is much appreciated (even though it wasn't what I wanted to hear!).
Mark

Lum

No, all that means is that if you get offered a course that is in that scheme (mostly Speed Awareness) then you can elect to go on a course run by another force that participates in the scheme. So for example if you were on holiday in Devon and got done for speeding, you could take the course in Cheshire or Merseyside rather than traipse all the way down to Devon&Cornwall Police's course location.

Also course content can vary from force to force. There was a thread on here a while back which resulted in someone shopping around in order to do a course that didn't include a driving component and someone else shopping around to do the course at the cheapest location.

Quentin

mark61120 wrote: »

From the .gov website;
The National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme:

You can choose to take your course at a venue that suits you as long as the course fits with the nationally approved model.

I wonder then if Cheshire doesn't offer one, if I can go to the nearest one that does? (fingers crossed!!!)

The problem you have is that as Cheshire don't offer courses to red light offenders, then you won't get the option of attending one.

mark61120

In that case, it will cost me another £20 as well, as I still only have a paper licence and I would be made to get a new one. It can't just rain can it!

Mark

Lum

They can still endorse old style licences as far as I'm aware

mark61120

Erm, good?

;o)
Mark

Lum

Yes, there is no need to switch to a photocard just so they can put points on it.

What happens is the courts write the points on by hand or rubber stamp and then inform the DVLA. This happens with photocards too as only the paper section carries the points.