penalty point on licence

[Richie88]

How long do penalty point stay on your licence? Can they be removed any earlier than normal, if so how do you go about this?

Thanks

[tonyav]

i think points for speeding last for three years, others such as drink driving , dangerous driving ect last longer i think five years.

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure why you think one might be able to have points removed early.

[magicmerlin]

It would have been easier and quicker for you to google 'dvla' and work yoor way through to the section below:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_10022425

tonyav, you should look at this also so that next time you will be right.

[New Judge]

Penalty points awarded for driving offences are used solely to operate the “totting up” system. Under this system, drivers who accumulate 12 or more points within three years (the dates of the offences, not the convictions, being used for this purpose) are liable to a disqualification of a minimum of six months.

These points remain “active” for three years from the date of the offence, and remain visible on the licence for four years, after which the driver may apply to the DVLA for a new licence with the points and details of conviction removed. There is no facility for having them deactivated or removed earlier.

Magistrates have the discretion to impose a disqualification for any single offence which carries points, and some more serious offences (excess alcohol and dangerous driving are two examples) carry mandatory disqualifications. In these cases points are not imposed. For most of these convictions details remain on the licence for four years, but in the case of excess alcohol and some other drink or drug related offences they remain for eleven years. This is because a second or subsequent similar offence within ten years of the first makes the driver liable for a considerably heftier penalty. (For example, a second excess alcohol offence within ten years of the first attracts a minimum disqualification of three years instead of one).

[Richie88]

thanks for the info. Can you just clarify - the points remain "active for 3 years, but stay on your licence for 4 years" Does this mean if you had 3 points on your licence and when it came to 3 years after the incident you commited another offence if you applied to have the first 3 points removed would you have 3 points on your licence or 6? Most importantly would the first 3 still count?