Points On Your License...

[herthab]

....How long is it until they're cleared? I think it's 3 years, but someone has told me it's 4.

Got done by a mobile unit last week and have been told that if my license already has 9 points I can't take the fixed penalty, as it would result in losing my license. I've got 9 points on it, but 3 were from 2005 & another 3 from 2006.

Can anyone put my mind at rest?

[Batch]

I thought 3 for totting up purposes, 4 before they are removed. Heaven knows why you have to wait a year.

[herthab]

Cheers Batch. So they only count those received in the last 3 years? Result!

[Batch]

Correct. There is a good gov web page but can't work out how to add link using my mobile.  Goggle "driving license points 3 years" and its the first link

[herthab]

It's all good! That means I'll only have 6 points to worry about!

The only problem I've got is that my license is currently at Swansea (Having my photo updated) and I have to contact the Camera Processing Unit 'immediately', if I can't produce it. They don't take emails and I was on the phone, on hold, for a total of an hour and a half yesterday and never got through!

But that's a minor problem compared to losing my license.

[ghanimah]

I thought 3 for totting up purposes, 4 before they are removed. Heaven knows why you have to wait a year.

And you have to pay to have them removed