Done for speeding

[Commuter_Tim]

So like the mong I am, I got caught speeding past a van doing 36 in a 30, wont someone think of the children!? kittens were killed, it was an ordeal etc.

I really can't be arsed to contest it, I hear I'm in for £100 and 3 points?
I also heard that 6 points on provisional and they take it off you.
Main question being, wouldn't I simply be able to apply for a new provisional license with the DVLA, do CBT again, and back on the road? or am I missing something? (aside from an ability to avoid speed traps).
I am slightly concerned that I may get done for such a small infraction again, or may have been done again in the time they sent this letter!
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[Ste]

The 6 point limit is for the first two years after passing your first full license test. If your license is revoked then you can apply for it again and you'd be back to a provisional.

On a provisional you've got 12 points to play with.

[ficedula]

[anthony_r6]

You'll be probably entitled to the speed awareness course if they do it in your area. You'll pay around the same cost as the fine, but if you attend you won't get the points.
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Being a van, you *might* get away with it. Don't hold your breath too much, but they won't have your plate if the camera was front facing. It only takes a bit of laziness on the part of the operator for nobody to have manually recorded your plate.

Of course, if you were stopped at the scene or already received paperwork then your chance is gone and your gonna get raped.
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[Clutchy]

Speed awareness is applicable for prov license holders aswell as full.


Do it, it saves you £2
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[jeddy11]

Wouldn't it be easier to slow down in 30's ?? Its an expensive lesson each time...?
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[Matt B]

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[stinkwheel]

I think this is a situation where a speed awareness course IS worthwhile if offered.

OP is on a provisional and presumably wants to do his test sometime soon.

Those points will be on his licence for the next three years so if he passes his test then gets done once more in that three years, he triggers the new drivers act and is back to square one with no licence.

A speed awareness course would mean he still has six points to play with.

I agree with others that I probably wouldn't do one for a minor speeding offence but three points wouldn't put me within a bald tyre of losing my licence.

All that said. Have you had a Notice or Intent to Prosecute (NIP) yet, either verbally at the scene or through the post? If not, keep your fingers crossed for the next 14 days because if they haven't sent one by then, you're pretty much home and dry.

Motorcycles aren't the easiest thing for them to get a good "ping" off with their laser and also have no front numberplate which means they need a camera facing the other way too to catch you going past.
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[Commuter_Tim]

Yeah that does seem strange logic that on prov you can get 12 points, slightly reassuring tho.

I should have been clearer, I got done on my CG going past a speedvan, and I already received the first letter asking if it was indeed me who killed said kittens.
Oh yeah and I think the reason I got screwed this time is because the van was outside a primary school... 100metres from the road... and the school has a 15ft cage around the perimeter, clearly a huge danger!

I already filled it out, was about to send it off (I'm 14 days into the 28 day timeline).
Can anybody tell me the best way to send the letter to these fucks?

I was about to send it via recorded delivery as I am a worry'er and don't trust the postal service to deliver without losing it, but apparently you cant send recorded to a PO Box??

Do you get any kinda of grace period past the 28 days too, or if the postal service fuck up am I instafucked?

halp!
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[Commuter_Tim]

[MC]

I thought provisionals were limitless, I knew of someone who had 19 points, so had to take his tests twice to get his license.
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