In message , Graham.
writes
On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 11:27:24 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Roger Mills writes:
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".

I've never been asked about having been on a course (but I haven't
been on a course anyway).

We were having a conversation at work about points (someone was on 9
points). The consensus was that for most insurance companies, 3 points
on a driving license which was previously clean for 20+ years didn't
impact premiums, but more than 3 points does, as does routinely
maintaining points on your license.


Define routinely?
Here is my record, still haven't got one of these photo licences
forced on me.

Huh! I've just got one. They sent back my passport kiosk photo. The next
one done manually at an opticians was, in my opinion, over exposed if
that is digitally possible and the licence print further whitens the end
result.

The consequence is that I could easily be taken for 90 plus:-(

No points yet though:-)

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Tim Lamb