points taken from date of offence or date of conviction?

scousedave

Hello.
Can you please help me as I'm not sure how this works.
I have an IN10 (driving without insurance) with 7 points due to insurance company mix up.
I was wondering when my points will come off my licence. I know that it is four years but is it taken from the date of the conviction or the date of the offence.
Thank you

paddedjohn

The date they drop off is the anniversary of the date on your licence which is the date of the offence in your case.

paddedjohn

3. How long endorsements stay on your driving licence

An endorsement must stay on your driving licence for at least 4 years from either the date of conviction or the date of the offence.
4 years from date of conviction

An endorsement will stay on a licence for 4 years from the date of conviction if the offence:

• is for reckless/dangerous driving - shown on the licence as DD40, DD60 and DD80
• results in disqualification

Example
Date of conviction 28 May 2011 - the endorsement must stay on the licence until 28 May 2015.

4 years from the date of offence

In all other cases endorsements stay on your licence for 4 years from the date of offence.
Example
Date of offence 10 June 2012 - the endorsement must stay on the licence until 10 June 2016.

11 years from date of conviction

If the offence is:

• drink driving or drug driving - shown on the licence as DR10, DR20, DR30, DR31, DR61 and DR80
• causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs – shown on the licence as CD40, CD50 and CD60
• causing death by careless driving, then failing to provide a specimen for analysis – shown on the licence as CD70

Example
Date of conviction 3 December 2009 - the endorsement must stay on the licence until 3 December 2020.

Lum

Note however, that the insurance company will be asking for info about this conviction for 5 years, not four, and will have it on record.

vaio

yep, the 5 years is the limit when a fine is considered spend and can't be asked about under Rehabilitation of Offenders

It's due to drop to one year when the government get round to enacting the changes