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Friend got pulled for no insurance paid fine but got to wait for replacement license

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  • Car_54
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    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
  • elsien
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    How long is a piece of string? 
    Staff shortages, Christmas, postal strikes. Any guess that your friend makes as to the timescales is likely to be as accurate or inaccurate as anyone else’s.
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Car_54 said:
    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
    She has applied for new license in her address and not a old one , and she’s worrying when it will turn up with her , 

    she got till 30/12/2022 to send it but it’s not with her yet .. 

    would she get banned ? She’s worrying that if she sends it later she’s going to get in trouble 
  • Car_54 said:
    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
    She has applied for new license in her address and not a old one , and she’s worrying when it will turn up with her , 

    she got till 30/12/2022 to send it but it’s not with her yet .. 

    would she get banned ? She’s worrying that if she sends it later she’s going to get in trouble 
    Your OP says 30/11/2022 has it been extended?
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 8,945 Forumite
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    Car_54 said:
    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
    She has applied for new license in her address and not a old one , and she’s worrying when it will turn up with her , 

    she got till 30/12/2022 to send it but it’s not with her yet .. 

    would she get banned ? She’s worrying that if she sends it later she’s going to get in trouble 
    If it goes to court, the likely outcome will be 6 points (same as the fixed penalty). She will also face an income-related fire, victim surcharge, and costs.

    That's for a simple 'routine' no insurance case. If there are aggravating factors that you haven't mentioned then it could be 8 points, or even a ban.


  • Car_54 said:
    Car_54 said:
    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
    She has applied for new license in her address and not a old one , and she’s worrying when it will turn up with her , 

    she got till 30/12/2022 to send it but it’s not with her yet .. 

    would she get banned ? She’s worrying that if she sends it later she’s going to get in trouble 
    If it goes to court, the likely outcome will be 6 points (same as the fixed penalty). She will also face an income-related fire, victim surcharge, and costs.

    That's for a simple 'routine' no insurance case. If there are aggravating factors that you haven't mentioned then it could be 8 points, or even a ban.


    What do you mean on second bit ? She didn’t have no insurance from April till august . 
  • Krakkkers
    Krakkkers Posts: 1,321 Forumite
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    I applied for a replacement licence 2 weeks ago, old paper to photo licence with address change and it arrived after just 7 days.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 8,945 Forumite
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    Car_54 said:
    Car_54 said:
    Anyone advise 
    What do you want advice on? I thought this had been covered pretty thoroughly.
    She has applied for new license in her address and not a old one , and she’s worrying when it will turn up with her , 

    she got till 30/12/2022 to send it but it’s not with her yet .. 

    would she get banned ? She’s worrying that if she sends it later she’s going to get in trouble 
    If it goes to court, the likely outcome will be 6 points (same as the fixed penalty). She will also face an income-related fire, victim surcharge, and costs.

    That's for a simple 'routine' no insurance case. If there are aggravating factors that you haven't mentioned then it could be 8 points, or even a ban.


    What do you mean on second bit ? She didn’t have no insurance from April till august . 
    OK, since the police were happy to issue a fixed penalty, we can assume there are no aggravating circs, so six points.
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