Update on driving ban

[notbike]

So last summer I got clocked at 134 in a 70 by a speed gun.

Result is a 3 month ban & £638 fine for anyone interested or who is facing the same/similar thing.

Not so bad for not showing up to court lol.

Letter says I can apply to renew my driving licence after 3 months (or up to 2 months before the ban ends). Fuck knows what that means about having to retake a test etc.

Although the letter doesn't explicitly say I have to retake my tests, I think over 56 days and you have to retake your test anyway.

AIGHT DEN.

[Ste]

Ouch.

You only have to retake your test if the court said so.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[P.]

[Kris]

Gutted for you.

Did you sell the bike in the end? The beak take much notice in that, if you did?
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[Weisse Schlange]

If that had been in Scotland it would be automatically DD (not speeding) and a minimum 1 year ban, plus a full resit. And very likely a few months in jail.


There should be no requirement for a re-sit unless you have been told to.

The 56 day thing is wrong. You just have to reapply for a new license if it's more that 56 days.
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Hing Oan

[notbike]

Was caught in Norwich by a speed gun, I've never rode that way before.

On the plus side they didn't see the two 100+ wheelies somehow. Got pulled over later down the road by a marked car (I thought for the wheelies) but then they told me it'd be speeding.

The copper was alright though, he said what I did wasn't inherently dangerous something along the lines of "You didn't really do anything dangerous that put other road users in danger because there were no other vehicles on the road, but you still broke the law by nearly double the limit so I have to report you for the offence of speeding". He was being completely fair tbh.

With insurance, yeah it's gonna be a bitch, but I've got a plan anyway.

Probably going to just get a stupid track bike, SORN it, and book a million track days as soon as I get my road licence back. CBA to do ACUs every year. Will get a shitty run-about for road riding in the meantime, maybe something cheap like a sumo.

Then after the ban comes off my record and insurance cheapens out I might consider upgrading to something better for the road.

Either way, headache, not gonna speed again.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Copycat73]

[notbike]

[Weisse Schlange]

You might also be surprised at how little a speeding ban affects your insewerance.
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Hing Oan

[Copycat73]

[notbike]

[P.]

[Copycat73]

[arry]

[arry]

[Copycat73]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[MCN]

2 x SP30s is heavy on premiums.
For three years and for every vehicle.

Gets boring for two bikes and a car for three years.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[Chuffin Nora]

[notbike]

Oh yeah btw, I ran some quotes including the 3 month ban and fine.

Fewer places will insure me, but my insurance is cheaper at £830/year on a fully kitted out M1000RR if I want one.

My S1000RR M cost me £1.4k to insure last year with a clean licence.

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[Stalk]

I got some cheap quotes, with £2000 excess. What’s your excess on that quote?

[Fat Angry Scotsman]