paul-s

...speeding (80 in a 70) on the motorway but happened to be borrowing mates car for the evening so didnt have insurance. got stopped and got a nice yellow ticket.
produced docs but obviously not the ins. 1. paid 60 quid sent off license.
however my license just come back the other day with the 3 points + the usual "your license has been endorsed. thankyou, goodbye" letter.
would this mean that im still pending the insurance issue ? why would they send my license back if it was not fully resolved ??
maybe a nice policeman on here could enlighten me ?!
many thanks

Dracoro

Out of curiosity, why do you say you have no insurance? If you have full comp on your own car and your mate gives you permission then you're normally covered.

paul-s

because im currently between cars + was not covered at the time.
Incidently i live in london and this occured in blackpool on 20 nov. i was up there for the w/end.

Senior_AP

When you produced the documents didn't the bint at the cop shop ask where the insurance was???

MattW

80 in a 70 - bit harsh.

No insurance though tsk tsk

RB170

You should have had the book thrown at you FFS

How irrisponsible are you drving around with no insurance
I have a good mind to stitch you up myself

You weren't wearing a **** suit at the time were you ?

Tiggs

80-70.............. not that bad

no insurance......complete fool

paul-s

yea the nice lady at the cop shop did say "tut tut, im going to have to report you for not having insurance" + she put a comment at the bottom of the page sayin it was just 1 off blah blah.
just wonderin why i havnt heard anything + got my license back already ?

MattW

they have 6 months to prosecute

Tiggs

how did she know that? she sounds like a fool as well (not to mention your mate who lent you his car)

paul-s

she knew that because its what i told her....and im not here for the moral issues either thanks. I dont do it all the time it was a 1 off 30 minute motorway trip.
so if ur all gonna moan then dont bother. all i wanted to know was my original question.

jjones

you will get a letter, court date then probably another 9 points,

you will probably get a ban from totting up points.

but as you don't bother with the law this will not worry you.

Leslie

Lucky you didn't hit or injure someone then isn't it? Easy to do in 30 minutes, or 3 for that matter.

Les

paul-s

yes thanks for your valuable input....+ personal view

EvilKyote

as said 80 is a 70 a little harsh, but as you had no insurance, sorry but have to say you deserve it. in my book anyone driving without tax or insurance deserves to have the book thrown at them.

It's one of the biggest reasons why we have to pay such high premiums

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

Yeah I shot someone the other day, but it was a one off so it didn't matter...didn't even have a gun license!

fatherpierre

Expect a summons for court. 6 points and a £200 fine if the magistrate's in a good mood.

RJMS

iTrader: (2)

Without insurance definetly - no tax - not sure about that - it's not even endorsable - I appreciate that a lot of non-taxed cars are because of no insurance but not all.

paul-s

yea thanks but im not here to talk about why i did it or if it was wrong, im askin what to expect.
geeez

Tiggs

thats ok....i'm not here to give a toss what uninsured drivers think of my opinion.

T

milo

suprabeast

probably get a couple of hundred quid fine.... if you havent got away with it.

Although i like the analogy with the gun and shooting someone. Cos they are the same thing....NOT . Ok it was a naughty thing to do and if you had hit something it would have been worse. But you didnt so jus keep your fingers crossed .

Oh and i dont think its the biggest reason that everyone else pays high premiums at all, the biggest reason is that **** cant drive and crash into each other. AND that insurance companies are allowed to get away with it. PLUS the fact that every fool on the road manages to get whiplash these days in the most minor incidents.

suprabeast

Well actually you are, otherwise you wouldn't have bothered wasting your time typing out your opinion

Tiggs

suprabeast...do you care what i think?

jimbrit

You drove a car with no insurance and post on a BBS where we all pay high premiums to enjoy our cars.

You can expect a flaming from the users of the bbs and hopefully a banfor being a **** who drives with no insurance

HTH

Diablo

I wonder if your opinion would be different if, for example, an uninsured driver were to crash into you, or your property, or someone you care about.

Personally, I'd hope that they throw the book at someone for driving without insurance. Even if it was for just a half hour.

Penalty should be a lifetime ban, unless there are significant mitigating circumstances (ie someone is about to die).

D

Diablo

Oh, and the penalty for thereafter driving whilst under that ban would be 10 years jail. No questions.

suprabeast

but he didnt, thats my point. He did a stupid thing ONCE... no one was affected by it and now he just wants to know what might come of it. He doesn't need to know repeatedly how wrong it is because i'm guessing he's figured that out by the fact that the police and possibly courts are involved

suprabeast

yeah cos i'm just desperate for my tax money to pay for 10 years worth of meals for all the people driving without insurance.

Tiggs

are you for real????? if people so stupid things once should they be let off?

and you are wrong to say no one is affected, there are various implications for what he did from no effect to devastation for someone in a crash with him. his result is somewhere between those two....big fine and driving ban.....doesnt sound like no effect to me?