Penalty Points

garcon6

What do you have to do to remove penalty points from my licence. It was 2011 I received them.

csgohan4

They stay on for 4 years, since there's no paper counterpart, it's all done electronically and you should have a clean record, as long as you haven't accumulated more in the meantime

https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements/overview

cajef

First hit on Google

http://findlaw.co.uk/law/motoring/driving_licence/endorsements_and_disqualifications/9845.html

Car_54

cajef wrote: »

First hit on Google

http://findlaw.co.uk/law/motoring/driving_licence/endorsements_and_disqualifications/9845.html

Out of date information.

The OP can throw away his paper counterpart, and his physical licence will not show any points.

neilmcl

garcon6 wrote: »

What do you have to do to remove penalty points from my licence. It was 2011 I received them.

You don't need to do anything. Just go here after the 4 years is up - https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence to check for yourself.

FlameCloud

You would still need to disclose them if asked for car insurance for 5 years after the conviction.

rich13348

FlameCloud wrote: »

You would still need to disclose them if asked for car insurance for 5 years after the conviction.

That is the pain in the !!!! though. I had to change my address on my licence after 8/6 and I was not sent back my counterpart. So do I have to just remember the exact date of my endorsments after 4 years down the line. The online version just tells you the points you have not expired ones.

System

According to https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements/how-long-endorsements-stay-on-your-driving-licence an endorsement is now only valid for 4 years after the offence and on your licence for 3 years not the 5 and 4 as it used to be.

This means that under rehabilitation of offenders act the insurers have no right to know about n endorsement more than 4 years after the offence even if they ask.

Car_54

!!!!!! wrote: »

According to https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements/how-long-endorsements-stay-on-your-driving-licence an endorsement is now only valid for 4 years after the offence and on your licence for 3 years not the 5 and 4 as it used to be.

This means that under rehabilitation of offenders act the insurers have no right to know about n endorsement more than 4 years after the offence even if they ask.

I'm afraid they have the right. Apart from anything else, the rehab period for fines is 5 years, and every endordement will have been accomoanied by a fine.

Rover_Driver

!!!!!! wrote: »

According to https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements/how-long-endorsements-stay-on-your-driving-licence an endorsement is now only valid for 4 years after the offence and on your licence for 3 years not the 5 and 4 as it used to be.

The other way round, they are valid for 3 years from the date of the offence, but stay on your licence record for 4 years.

System

Confusing as driving endorsements do not fall under ROA and stay at 5 years.It would appear that whoever wrote the article I linked to didn't understand the difference between the rehab period and how long it stays on the licence

The rehabilitation period for a fine is one year, not 5 years. It changed last year

So, I was wrong (thanks to incorrect government info) and it is still 5 years