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I have sent you a pm.

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Grandad,

Put the case on Pepipoo as cabbyman says.

Thank you.

In short he should have gone back to court and signed a statutory declaration.

You can only get one set of points per offence i.e. four bald tyres doesn't mean 4 x 3 points, it means 1 x 3 points.

If you are speeding with no insurance and four bald tyres it doesn't mean you get 4 x 3 points (tyres), plus 6 points (insurance), plus 3 points (speeding) total 21 points, in fact you get the 6 points for the insurance and your license is just endorsed with the other offences.

The fella who looks after all the stars when it comes to speeding also successfully argued that even if a driver get 4 speeding tickets on one run, as it's viewed as one driving episode the driver only get the one set of three points.

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IDFIMH

but deserves the book thrown at em

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I thought different offences were dealt with separately ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Yes, but not in terms of points.

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IDFIMH

has that changed then because i can remember being told once by a customer who mistook a police car for another boy racer and raced it on the A1M about being given a total of 21 points for various offences including the speeding

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

The 21 points would have accumulated over a number of incidents.

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IDFIMH

all for that one

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I remember an incident with a well known limousine company a few years ago where by the vehicle was stopped as it left the industrial estate where they were based and the 4 tyres were found to be of the wrong rating. The driver was given 3 points for each tyre and lost his license under the totting up.

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Grandad,

something must have changed at some point surely

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Then he got mugged.

Not excusing his actions but that's not how the law is.

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IDFIMH

each tyre SHOULD be 3 pts, and each speeding ticket SHOULD be 6 pts....

fecking animals

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Penalties

If you drive a vehicle fitted with an illegal or defective tyre on a road, a police officer may give you a Fixed Penalty Notice or, in Scotland, a Conditional Offer Notice.

A police officer has discretion not to issue a fixed penalty but to report the case for prosecution. In law, the driver and the owner (if different) are liable and one or both may be summonsed.

The maximum fine which a court can impose for using a vehicle with a defective tyre is £2,500 and three penalty points (£5,000 in the case of a goods vehicle or a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than eight passengers).

If a vehicle is fitted with more than one defective tyre, you can be summonsed for each tyre which is illegal. Disqualification is also possible in certain circumstances.

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

You can get summoned, but the court will only give one set of max points.

The other offences will be sentenced separately, but the highest point offence will be the only points, the other offences will be marked with endorsements on your record.

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IDFIMH