Guest Mass_G3nocide Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I passed my driving test less than a year ago,And got pulled driving with no insurence,I had insurence on my car but was driving my mates and both of us were on fully comp,Except i was only a named driver on my insurence as i was on my mums policy.Got the letter through yesterday they sent it to my old address i was summond to court on the 6th jan but didnt go as i didnt know got another letter from my old address £625.00 pound fine and i have lost my license is there anyway i can get out of paying or keep my license??? As i will have to re-take my test and thats a f****r. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,919 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Not sure if there's a appeal system for driving offences,i'd phone the court and ask.If there is you could try appealing but as far as i know more than 6 points in the first 2 years and you have to retake the test anyway.No inssurance is 8 points anyway and there's no ingorance pleading with driving cases mate,sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mass_G3nocide Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Not sure if there's a appeal system for driving offences,i'd phone the court and ask.If there is you could try appealing but as far as i know more than 6 points in the first 2 years and you have to retake the test anyway.No inssurance is 8 points anyway and there's no ingorance pleading with driving cases mate,sorry. On the letter it only says 6 points i will appeal and i will go to court just asking for any advice cheers mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 get a solicitors advice mate. personally i allways turn up to court ,the fines are less and the points less if you do,not turning up is the same as 2 fingers in their eyes! if you contact the fines office they could if you are polite agree weekly payments.also tell them you have had a change in circumstance and are finding this too much to pay and 9/10 they will return it to court to reduce the fine. i had a £700 reduced to £150 . yer lucky the old bill didnt crush the car though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SportingShooter 0 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 As fireman says, there's no ignorance defense for driving offenses. Speak to the court, see if there is an appeals procedure against the fine and go from there. If you have six points in the first two years, its an automatic re-test anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 yeh no insurance is 6 point...i lost my licence to totting up and no insurance. I would have been better off having been banned for drink driving!!! I was even told that by the insurance company. Thats the punishment for doing them out of money! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 yeh no insurance is 6 point...i lost my licence to totting up and no insurance. I would have been better off having been banned for drink driving!!! I was even told that by the insurance company. Thats the punishment for doing them out of money! Not just punishment for 'doing them out of money' also punishment for chancing that you may smash into me one day and not be able to pay for the damage to my car and my person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian 1 36 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 go down to the court ask to see the proscuter tell them that you had moved and you didnt get the letter in time ask them to put you back in court , they should do it ,if not dont pay the fine they will then send you back to court ,then you can tell them about the letter and that you have been back to court to try to put things right , you might get your fine reduced but you will get a min of 6 points Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 yeh no insurance is 6 point...i lost my licence to totting up and no insurance. I would have been better off having been banned for drink driving!!! I was even told that by the insurance company. Thats the punishment for doing them out of money! Not just punishment for 'doing them out of money' also punishment for chancing that you may smash into me one day and not be able to pay for the damage to my car and my person. Yeh I'm not defending the stupidity of what I did but to be WORSE than drink driving is bloody daft. I was refused insurance many times and was told a few times buy the insurance companies that if I'd been done for drink driving they could have insured me! For the record it was 12 years ago and I've had a clean licence ever since touch wood./..also the irony was my wife was going to feed the homeless and I felt sorry for her so gave her a lift in a car I was working on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratattack 111 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 If you failed to notify the dvla that you moved then they may well try and do you for that too. How long since you moved addresses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Lurcher 1,013 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 The court will tell you that it was in your remit to advise the copper of change of adress, well thats how its done over here, happened me many moons ago, got three year ban, 400 pound fine, I did appeal the ban and got it back, same as you I had moved on and never informed the copper of change, but judge lashed me for wasting court time and because it was first offence he allowed me to drive, think the best thing to do is to lodge an appeal and plea ur case to the judge, good luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dso88 15 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 you have got no chance on getting your licence back and tbh i think you derseve it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Out of interest as i dont drive & no nowt about cars & points etc is it the person thats insured or the vehicle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boyo 1,398 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 the courts are a fecking disgrace got pulled for no seat belt and had to produce documents and pay a fine no problem i was breaking the law so paid the fine and was couple days late producing documents which by the way were all in order now being fined and taken to court for producing late its a fecking joke . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Out of interest as i dont drive & no nowt about cars & points etc is it the person thats insured or the vehicle It's both Kay. Some allow you to drive other vehicles as well as yours, some dont. The problem arises when you have a job and you travel with your vehicle to and from and buy the normal social and domestic insurance. (limited types of jobs apply to this) Never lie about your vehicle i.e yes its garaged when you clearly dont, and yes its alarmed when it clearly isn't. You will be caught out in a matter of time by commiting a minor traffic offence. Edited January 13, 2010 by artic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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