Police officers gave me 3 points and a fine then reverse it. Am I safe?

alastairq

If your licence is precious to you, don't put it at risk?

bluenoseam

Sorry, I'm with alastairq on this one, you're 19, which means you've been driving as long as the law has been no mobile phones whilst in control of the vehicle. That's not "no mobiles, unless you're telling someone you'll phone them back" and you know it!

If you're in a job where "if you get points you can be sacked" why risk it, seriously, it's about the most idiotic thing you could have done & frankly the waterworks and all that don't phase me. What happened here is YOU screwed up, you BROKE THE LAW and you were caught doing so, further to that you could also have been done with trying to avoid the natural punishment for the breach. (It could easily have been construed as bribery - which wouldn't just be points on your license)

I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but that's the long & short of it, you were so scared after you got caught, shame you didn't think about that before you answered the call.

Aretnap

bluenoseam wrote: »

It could easily have been construed as bribery

Only by someone who didn't have a clue what bribery is.

Apples2

I can't believe any jobs (even full time driving jobs) will sack you for 3 points.

I would believe tolerance and a let off if op was already on 9 points which is a lot more believable to face a job Loss. Also more believable that someone would cry and whine like a scalded child.

First three points on a clean? The police know, as everyone else does, it is neither here nor there but is a good wake up call to curb your own driving arrogance.

AndyPK

people who haven't long past their test can be banned when they get to 6 points.

alastairq

AndyPK wrote: »

people who haven't long past their test can be banned when they get to 6 points.

Not quite correct.

For a young driver [in the legal sense], the DVLA revert their licence back to 'provisional'.

Thus, they have to apply for a new provisional licence, then take the driving test again, to re-gain a full licence.

This can be done immediately, if required.


If, subsequently, more points are acquired, then a driving ban may ensue....but there may not be a need to re-take a test [depends on the court]...bans don't automatically mean re-testing.

opinions4u

I am a full grown man and started to cry like a ******. I went into my car and couldn't stop crying

I'm a straight forward bloke who can be emotional.

But not in a million years would I have admitted that in an open forum you great Jessie!

Regardless, a mobile phone is a luxury item. It's not one of life's essentials. Life goes on without it. If you don't take a call the caller can leave a message, text or call you back at another time.

It really isn't worth messing about with a mobile phone when driving. It certainly isn't necessary to. It certainly isn't appreciated by the family of somebody mowed down by a driver sorting out a takeaway order.

If you want cheaper insurance become a responsible driver. Time will then reward you.

Lum

When did this forum become "judge my driving" rather than actually helping people.

If the copper is correct in his belief that this guy has learned his lesson then further rants from people here aren't going to make any difference. If he hasn't learned his lesson and is secretly sitting around congratulating himself on having blagged his way out of points then... further rants from people here aren't going to make any difference.

Personally I find that handing out points to people who use the phone in a stationary vehicle is one of the crappier parts of this particular law. Particularly if the handbrake is on and the gearbox in neutral. No idea if that was the case here but as a recently passed driver chances are he will still (correctly) be doing that in a stop/start traffic jam.

arcon5

I think it's important to not mention the circumstances or the reference number on the ticket in case the officer can get in to trouble.

The officer you describe as a *** can't be that bad - I suspect it was of mutual agreement they did this! Probably stern with you though to get the message across - but then police officers will see the nasty side of road accidents, the side we all hope we never have to see so tend to have higher emotions when it comes to issues they consider to be fundamentally dangerous.

Consider yourself very lucky, do nothing in terms of the ticket (there is absolutely no reason to suspect foul play here), learn from your mistake.

closed

even if this was true (that would be a turn up for the books), a part time job on sainsbury's checkout isn't affected by points.

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