Drive Awareness Course

[Bob906]

If you get banned through drink driving and you offer to do a course what is cut by half the ban, the endorsement or both. (18 months was the actual time spent off the road)

[tigwig]

what exactly is your question, it doesn't make sense

[Toureman]

It's not you that does the offering it's the court and they won't offer one for drunk driving !

[tigwig]

they do actually, someone I know got an 18month ban and did a 'rehabilitation' course and the ban was reduced to 13 and a half months

[Buenchico]

If you have a DR10, DR20 or DR30 endorsement on your licence, it must remain there for 11 years from the date of conviction, irrespective of the penalty imposed by the court (either at the time of conviction or by a later amendment). However, penalty points only remain vaid for 'totting up' purposes for 3 years.

See here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLic ensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_402 2550
and here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLic ensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_100 22425

Chris

[New Judge]

I think you are probably referring to the "Drink Drivers' Rehabilitation Course. This is usually offered to first time offenders convicted of driving with excess alcohol.

If succesfully completed and paid for it results in the period of disqualification being cut by 25%.

The endorsement, as Chris says, remains for eleven years (active for ten) and other penalties such as any fine, community penalty or imprisonment as well as costs are unaffected.

Penalty points are not awarded for excess alcohol as the offence carries a mandatory disquaification.