3 points or speed awareness?

discat11

I did the SAC as I'd only just got my clean licence back a year before after an earlier 6 points, I found it very interesting and useful, despite the fact it was a 120 mile round trip for me as there were none I could transfer to nearer my home.

We were not talked down to or lectured at all and the attendees were from all age groups, FWIW it was mainly those under 25 who didn't know the highway code/stopping distances which I found a bit shocking TBH. On the hazard awareness part of the course it was cyclists/motorcyclists who did best -no surprise there.

I'd recommend saving your licence and doing the SAC.

Johno100

discat11 wrote: »

I did the SAC as I'd only just got my clean licence back a year before after an earlier 6 points, I found it very interesting and useful, despite the fact it was a 120 mile round trip for me as there were none I could transfer to nearer my home.

Useful and interesting, but 120 miles worth of fuel, the cost of the course and a days holiday used(?) so probably not very MSE.

interstellaflyer

Johno100 wrote: »

Useful and interesting, but 120 miles worth of fuel, the cost of the course and a days holiday used(?) so probably not very MSE.

On the contrary, longer term it could be very MSE, if it saves further points and makes you a better driver, it's not all about speeding, a lot of what we covered was hazard perception, reading the oad ahead means less hard acceleration followed by hard braking, so also a possible fuel and maintenance saving.

discat11

Johno100 wrote: »

Useful and interesting, but 120 miles worth of fuel, the cost of the course and a days holiday used(?) so probably not very MSE.

Probably not!
TBF if you include the day off also from work it was definitely not very MSE, but I wanted my clean license and kept it.

Herzlos

Edwood_Woodwood wrote: »

If I received two quotes from the same firm, one where I revealed 3 points, and one not revealing 3 points, but the policy premiums were the same, then there would be no effect.

But if there was no effect, why bother lying with regards to the policy?

Also, I bet if you ran the 2 quotes above, the insurer would ask you about your points (I ran quotes with/without modified wheels and it tooks weeks to sort out as Admiral kept assuming I had them but didn't declare them).

Quentin

Herzlos wrote: »

Also, I bet if you ran the 2 quotes above, the insurer would ask you about your points (I ran quotes with/without modified wheels and it tooks weeks to sort out as Admiral kept assuming I had them but didn't declare them).

You missed the word "dummy" in the posts regarding doing quotes with and without 3 points to see what difference they will make.


Always do anonymous quotes when playing with different scenarios to see what happens to the premiums!

Car_54

Edwood_Woodwood wrote: »

I'm not advocating lying on an insurance policy, I am simply posting what a Supreme Court ruling has decided ie a collateral lie is acceptable with regard to insurance.

If you were to read the actual Supreme Court ruling, which runs to 56 pages, rather than the few paragraphs in the mass media, then it would be abundantly clear that it referred to the claims process only.

Mercdriver

Car_54 wrote: »

If you were to read the actual Supreme Court ruling, which runs to 56 pages, rather than the few paragraphs in the mass media, then it would be abundantly clear that it referred to the claims process only.

Even Radio 2's description of the ruling in yesterday's news made it clear to me that this was in relation to claims only...

neilmcl

Mercdriver wrote: »

Even Radio 2's description of the ruling in yesterday's news made it clear to me that this was in relation to claims only...

Of course it relates to claims, specifically what constitutes fraudulent claims. If Mr Woodwood had bothered to read the actual judgement rather than making things up as he goes then he'd see that for himself.

Robisere

Returning to the OP's question:
I am with everyone here who has taken the course and found it interesting. I live in rural mid-Lincs and had to drive down almost to Boston, but I really enjoyed this informative course, it was worth every litre of fuel. There was a Jaguar driver, a businessman, who thought that he should not be there and had some sort of priority over the rest of road users, but we all enjoyed the way that the team there punctured his ego. "You can walk out of here right now and take the points if that is your wish, the course is a voluntary choice. As was your choice to ignore the legal limit when your car was caught by the camera."