Speeding : points and fine or course?

Car_54

Herzlos wrote: »

You won't be offered a course if you set off another camera in the future.

You will, if you're within the speed guidelines.


Apart from the speed, the only criterion for offering a course is that you haven't done the same course in the last three years. There are different courses, and the OP's partner has been offered a National Motorway Awareness Course. He could do that, then be offered a Speed Awareness Course, then a Red Light Course, etc., etc.

weeowens

elsien wrote: »

Jumping in to do a mini hijack as I'm in a similar position.
Do the courses run on weekends?

Some do, mine did :-)

Herzlos

Car_54 wrote: »

You will, if you're within the speed guidelines.


Apart from the speed, the only criterion for offering a course is that you haven't done the same course in the last three years. There are different courses, and the OP's partner has been offered a National Motorway Awareness Course. He could do that, then be offered a Speed Awareness Course, then a Red Light Course, etc., etc.

My bad, I thought the criteria was having been offered the course before, rather than attended the course.

mcpitman

elsien wrote: »

Jumping in to do a mini hijack as I'm in a similar position.
Do the courses run on weekends?

Some do, east midlands area offer weekend courses.

NaughtiusMaximus

Are they more flexible on the locations nowadays? When I attended one years ago I had to do it in Nottingham (the location of the offence), over 50 miles away from home, there was no option to attend a more local course.

Car_54

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

Are they more flexible on the locations nowadays? When I attended one years ago I had to do it in Nottingham (the location of the offence), over 50 miles away from home, there was no option to attend a more local course.

Most forces now operate through NDORS https://www.ndors.org.uk/ which allows you to choose your course location.

System

Personally I'd just take the points. The cost of the course and the amount I'd lose in wages even if it was on my own doorstep would be many many times more than any potential increase in insurance and given that my current mileage between getting points on my license is something like 2 million miles and increasing typically 1500-2500 miles a week I wouldn't be overly concerned about having the 3 points. The course would offer me nothing of any benefit however some would benefit from going on it voluntarily.

Hermione_Granger

Tarambor wrote: »

The course would offer me nothing of any benefit however some would benefit from going on it voluntarily.

IMO, the only person worse than a bad driver is a driver who thinks that their driving is so perfect that they couldn't possibly learn anything from any further training.

Joe_Horner

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

IMO, the only person worse than a bad driver is a driver who thinks that their driving is so perfect that they couldn't possibly learn anything from any further training.

Quite.

Even if it's just an appreciation of how poorly informed many of the others you share the road with are, there's something to learn in that room!

Herzlos

My insurance went up £200 after my points, I earn a bit more than that a day, but I'd be paying increased premiums for 5 (?) years. I'm also now only 3 more offenses from a ban. I'd have taken a course if offered.

It's different if you're on, say £100k/year where the cost of insurance is irrelevant.


I also suspect that those who don't think they'll benefit from a course are the ones who most need to attend.