Points mean no prizes
 

I spoke to a friend today who told me that 6points was the max that a rider was alowed before his licence was suspended :shock:

This is a bad thing as I have 9month left before I have a clean licence but have a bad feeling I got flashed on Sun night trying to get some distance between me and some boy racer in a 30 :x

Anyone have some clarity on this one?

Re: Points mean no prizes
 

If you get 6 points in first 2 years then your licence doesn't just get suspended - You lose it for good :shock: Have to redo theory, CBT and DAS and then start your 2 year probation period again.

If you have had your licence for more than 2 years, then I think it's 12 points before getting suspended.

You friend is wrong.

The only time 6 points is the max you're allowed before your licence is suspended is for the first 2 years you hold your FIRST full entitlement. Meaning, if you've had your car licence for 2 years then get your bike licence, you've had a licence 2 years and can accumilate up to 12 points on either machine.

Oh, and if you get 6 points in that period, you lose your licence AND keep the points!

That way, when you retake your test, you still have 6 points!!!

I've had my full car license for over ten years, my bike license since March this year.

Does that mean I have completed my two year probatiopn or that it began in March?

Cheers for this!!

(off to change my trousers)

Yes you've completed your 2 year probation - you're safe.

I was under th impression that you are in a probation period for any new category added to you licence, not just the first full one. :? Have had a look on the DSA website, but doesn't really mention what the situation is if you have already had a full car licence for more than 2 years. If you're correct, then this is good news!

Squirrel is correct:

"The two year 'probationary period' will begin on the day the first driving test is passed. Drivers who already hold a full licence for one category of vehicle will not be affected if they pass a test in an additional category."

From a driving school website.

:D

... and if I accumulate 6 points within the first two years of my recent bike entitlement, do I loose my car license too?

This is complicated DAG-NAB-IT!!

You would if you'd had your car entitlement for less than 2 years, but you dont, so you're ok.

Flamin_Squirrel is right.

This is one of the most common misunderstandings about the way points work. Provided you've had a car (or lorry, or whatever) licence for 2 years, you've done your probationary period.

So in short, the two year probation period is only in effect for those folk who have got onto the road for the first time ever? After your first two years on the road, the limit is the standard 12 points, Ce?

Yep.

There isn't really two seperate licences, one for the car and one for a bike, its all one licence so if you lose your licence you cannot drive anything on the road.

Thank you all, there are three new bikers in the office who are very very relieved to hear that!

Cheers,
Noisie

There's one here too, especially after I got flashed in Croydon at the weekend teaching a scooterchavboy twunt why he should stop pushing in front of me at every set of traffic lights :roll:

Ah, good point, I'm out of mine now. I'm off to pull wheelies past a police car.

...this is why i'm not gonna learn to drive a cage till next year cos i ain't taking both test agains if i get caught 8-[