Driving Advise Needed....

[chrismcgill24]

Right,

I lost my licence for two years for driving my mates road bike when i already had 6 points and a licence but no insurance, a year of my ban will be up in march so of course i was a silly billy at the time and tryed to get away from the coppers which made matters worse so now i am wondering if there is anyway possible that i can get months taken off my two year ban??

I was told if you have a good enough excuse then you will get this but if not you have no chance.

Anyone Know Of This?

Cheers ;)

[saxowebby]

get on your knees and beg

[chrismcgill24]

Anyone else, dont think beggin would go down a treat.

Really want to look into this.

[xxxvickxxx]

you can usually take a course i think and get a few months knocked of

[stalkah66]

You needed to appeal at the time, a year down the line they arent really going to listen.
If you seriously need it reducing you will have to pay for a good automotive lawer to fight you case, but leaving it a year is probably pushing you luck.

[Scattle]

Not heard of reducing it, hope you find something though.

[chrismcgill24]

You needed to appeal at the time, a year down the line they arent really going to listen.
If you seriously need it reducing you will have to pay for a good automotive lawer to fight you case, but leaving it a year is probably pushing you luck.

What will happen if i am to appeal now, anyone know about that?

And vicki what course, u kno?

[Saxo_Steve]

Speak to Mr Loophole! Or if you can't stretch to that then find a firm which specialises in road traffic incidents and consult them about any options you may have.

[stalkah66]

They would probably laugh at you.
I think you have to try and get the appeal for the course at the start of the ban.
You need to phone round locally asking for lawers that specialise in this area. They will be your best bet but dont be suprised to pay around £30-£40 an hour if it goes to a court.

[chrismcgill24]

They would probably laugh at you.
I think you have to try and get the appeal for the course at the start of the ban.
You need to phone round locally asking for lawers that specialise in this area. They will be your best bet but dont be suprised to pay around £30-£40 an hour if it goes to a court.

Em, so what will actually happen if i am to appeal? I am willing to pay the money!!:y:

[xxxvickxxx]

i dont kno ive just heard that say if you get a year ban and you complete a course you get say 3 months off your ban

[stalkah66]

Mate your best option is speak to a lawer they will tell you what they can offer and your options available. Normally they will do this for free as well.

[seat-craig]

sort the judge out you know im sure he likes something fresh;)

[SaxoJamie]

Mate your best option is speak to a lawer they will tell you what they can offer and your options available. Normally they will do this for free as well.

Good luck:y:

[doely_gti]

right this is one thing i know alot about unfortunatly!

to start mate they DON'T and CAN'T knock time off if your ban is for under 3 years, if you were drunk at the time there's a rehab course you can do, but as you were sober unfortunately you have no chance mate they wont even let you try!! hate to be the bearer of bad news, i was banned for 3 years and im 2 years into it, and they have turned my appeal down twice as i was sober i knew full well what i was doing, so i've just got to sweat it out :( they only let you appeal every 3 months but as i've tried twice i've run out of chances, solicitors charge like £280 to prepare all the papers and attend court, i've told them my job was on the line (now lost) that it was restricting access to my daughter as she lives a few miles away, and i had a fully taxed,mot'd car and insured fully comp even a letter off employer to state i was losing my job due to me not being able to drive, and they still said no twice

[chrismcgill24]

right this is one thing i know alot about unfortunatly!

to start mate they DON'T and CAN'T knock time off if your ban is for under 3 years, if you were drunk at the time there's a rehab course you can do, but as you were sober unfortunately you have no chance mate they wont even let you try!! hate to be the bearer of bad news, i was banned for 3 years and im 2 years into it, and they have turned my appeal down twice as i was sober i knew full well what i was doing, so i've just got to sweat it out :( they only let you appeal every 3 months but as i've tried twice i've run out of chances, solicitors charge like £280 to prepare all the papers and attend court, i've told them my job was on the line (now lost) that it was restricting access to my daughter as she lives a few miles away, and i had a fully taxed,mot'd car and insured fully comp even a letter off employer to state i was losing my job due to me not being able to drive, and they still said no twice

What u lose ur licence for mate? im gonna talk to a lawyer n see what they say as my mate said i might have a good chance as i can use my parents split as an excuse and i was payed off from my job at the time, i also race motorbikes profecionally as this has wrecked my racing carrer now so i more aless can say i went through a stage of a hard patch aye.

WHAT USE THINK?

cheers anyway folks

[steviet]

ive just got my licence back mate. i had a 4 year ban but i appealed and i got a year knocked off it. so im now back on the road. as for you getting your licence back early i think you have no chance. its only if you get 4 or more years ban that you can appeal and get it back early. you could try but i think you won`t get it. also it cost me just short off 900quid. so if you have that amount off cash spare go for it. but it will be a waste. the law says if you are banned for more than 4years you can appeal after you have sat half your ban but the courts only seem to give it back if you have sat two/thirds of it.

[steviet]

here`s the bit from the dvla that tells you. slightly diffrent from what i said but not far off

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_4022489

[doely_gti]

i got my license revoked for getting 6 points, well i got pulled 2 days later (hadn't updated DVLA address doh!) and was told about revoke, went to court and it was adjourned, went on a trip to birmingham and my ex was driving, as we was going up the road she started to have a miscarriage so we headed off to the nearest hospital, approx 1 mile away she got really bad so i chucked her on back seats and made the decision to drive, got pulled 200yds down the road as the car was registered to me and it came up on the ANPR thing in a traffic car, judge was harsh and banned me for 3 years :(

CLICK HERE (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_4022489) for guidelines on driving ban reductions and good luck!

[frankie]

shouldnt of been a TWAT then.

[doely_gti]

oh shut up prick, ffs would be nice to be perfect like u...hmm fair play people piss me off thinking they are all high and mighty, what would you do? if you actually got/had a mrs and that happened to her, im not sayin what i did is right or clever but i was 18 and tbh more things was going through my mind than a poxy driving ban

[frankie]

alrite then ARD NUT if you had some who crashed into you uninsured you would wish they would get banned for life.

this happend to my mate, and he did get a single penny, also happened to my father.

[frankie]

and doley if wasnt calling you a TWAT.

[doely_gti]

ok apologies for the prick comment, just annoys me when people usually pass judgment for what i did, as i said it was exceptional circumstances but still a stupid choice

[frankie]

tbh i dont think you should of got your ban extened because you where on a medical emergency, plus its not like you set off from the start you just took over.

but the law :homme: anyway lol.

[Dan]

As mentioned there is a little bit about it on the dvla website. Have a read of that.

[The_STIG]

dont think you have a leg to stand on buddy but good luck anyways :y:

[Paul]

Right,

I lost my licence for two years for driving my mates road bike when i already had 6 points and a licence but no insurance, a year of my ban will be up in march so of course i was a silly billy at the time and tryed to get away from the coppers which made matters worse so now i am wondering if there is anyway possible that i can get months taken off my two year ban??

I was told if you have a good enough excuse then you will get this but if not you have no chance.

Anyone Know Of This?

Cheers ;)


How did you not get away on a bike.. :homme: :P