sorry to hear this ,bad luck
.ah well .have a look on pepipoo theres a section on fines/periods of disqualification and the bods on there know theyr stuff ,if therys any possible way out of this(no ban/points situation)theyll know.let me know how u get on as i was going to lose my licence ,but its all sorted and im still riding (with 6 points )
but as you say ,btr that than a ban
