On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:54:33 -0000, John Williamson wrote:

Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:38:57 -0000, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 02/11/2013 09:25, ARW wrote:
It looks like I will now get my wish to see what they are like:-)

The postie has just dropped off my NIP for doing 37 in a 30 zone. I
knew on
Thursday that I had been caught.


Is there any point in attending these rather than paying the fine and
taking the points?

The original idea seemed to be that, by attending the course, you would
avoid the points - and any insurance implications.

But most insurance companies now want to know that you have attended the
course - so there's no longer any advantage, unless you're in danger of
being a "totter".

Half of my insurance companies never asked for points, the others didn't
check :-)

No,they just didn't ask you. They checked your details with the DVLA.
They also checked whether you'd ever made a claim or declared a stolen
vehicle, using the insurance industry database without telling you.

Bull****. Or my premium would have increased and/or I would have had a nasty letter.

--
"If hooking up one rag-head terrorist's testicles to a car battery gets the truth out of the lying little camel
shagger to save just one Scottish soldiers life, then I have only three things to say: Red is positive, Black is
negative, and make sure his nuts are wet" -- Jimmy MacDonald, Glasgow City Councillor