1st speeding ticket

Fushion Julz wrote: The "never got it" defence is valid (cos I used it as it was a fact, in that case)... However, if you are intending to use it, I would suggest removing this thread and all references to yourself, incident, etc.. Big Brother IS watching

yep, here I am - although, for a small fee this thread could just disappear......

The "never got it" defence is valid (cos I used it as it was a fact, in that case)...
However, if you are intending to use it, I would suggest removing this thread and all references to yourself, incident, etc..

Big Brother IS watching

beast535 wrote:  If I go to court and get fined, does that mean I have a criminal record?

No. Not unless there is something your not telling us.

A bit of food for thought...... how did you receive this Notice of Intended prosecution........ Registered post or recorded delivery?

My uncle has lived in GB for the best part of 20 years now, but still uses an Irish license; he gets it renewed here when he needs to, and the local license authority has no issues about posting it to GB for him.

The actual issuing of a licence changed sometime between Febuary 1997 (they issued me a paper one ) and Febuary 2000 (they insisted I had a photocard one ).

After you pass a DSA test, your entitlement to drive/ride/whatever lasts until you are 70 (unless you have one of the medical conditions they dissaprove of) but your photocard licence only lasts for 10 years, as they wish you to update the picture every 10 years.

If you have a medical condition they will restrict your actual entitlement to drive, not just your licence valid time, to whatever number of years pops into their mind at that time.

I've had one year licences, now I have a three year licence.

They will also remove entitlements (catergorys of vehicle you are allowed to drive) depending on what they had for brekfast that morning.

By actually removing your entitlement to drive after a period of time, they can & do force you to accept whatever eurocrap has  been dreamt up since you last renewed, for example I had to sell my landrover in Febuary 2000, as someone decided I was limited to 8 seated vehicles or less, and I'm forbidden to meet the requirements that new licence holders need to drive that vehicle, they also removed my then HGV 3, but they did that in 1995.

You do not have to take any kind of test to prove you can drive any type of vehicle, if renewing on medical grounds,just take a medical.

And I'm sure all of this will have changed by 2009 when I'm due to renew again, everytime I have to renew something is different.

UK licences also last for 10 years (the photocard ones, which is all they will issue now).

It looks like I interpreted the advice slightly wrongly, you don't have to change your licence until your 70, probably still good to read the thread though.

Here we go, this chap uses the name Vonhosen to post.

He is the dogs danglies in these matters, and a very helpful chap.

his post :

If you are a resident & have a valid community car licence, this will authorise you to drive a car in GB (provided your licence remains valid) until you reach 70 years of age or for three years after becoming resident, whichever is the longer period.

Alternatively, you can exchange your licence for a British one at any time.

You can't enter the FPN system at the moment using a community licence. It will have to be a court appearance. Under the Road safety Act that will be changing but not at the moment.

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So there you go, when they find out you have a non uk licence I'm afraid it looks like a summons, to save yourself any future grief, please note the three years bit ( I thought it was one year....just shows what I know lol).

Edited by Nigel

I think you can be made to change an EU licence to your actual country of residence after a year, but I'm not absolutely sure.

I had an address in France at one stage, although I was actually resident in the UK, I wanted to exchange my british licence for a french one as they treat diabetics much better, ........I got so far then it was refused.

I will ask on the AD/Traffic answers forum for you , and post the response here.

The licence still has the address of my family home in Ireland on it.