No. It is not possible to pay a higher penalty to avoid the penalty points. Tendering a payment in excess of the amount stated on the Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty Notice will not delay or prevent the endorsement of your driving licence in any way.

Penalty points are valid for 3 years. The points then remain on your licence for a further year for recording purposes. After this time you may apply to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority, Swansea and have them removed.

Almost all motoring offences carry penalty points but some offences carry more points than others. For example if you have a bald tyre you will get three penalty points whereas if you have no insurance you may get as many as eight. Some offences though such as having no MOT certificate or parking offences do not carry penalty points at all.

Yes. Where an alleged offence is detected by a fixed speed camera, the fixed charge notice will be sent to the registered owner. There is an explicit requirement that where the registered owner of a vehicle was not driving or using the vehicle he or she must give the name, address etc of the driver of the vehicle.

On expiry of the 28 days allowed for payment, we will return the paperwork to the Police. A report will be sent by the Police to the Procurator Fiscal. You may then be given a further Offer of Fixed Penalty or alternatively, you may be cited to Court. The decision is a matter for the Procurator Fiscal.

Penalty points last thee years from the date of the offence, but remain on the licence for 4 years (11 years for drinking or drug offences). If 12 or more points are accumulated within 3 years the driver will be disqualified, however the courts are given limited powers not to disqualify in exceptional circumstances. After disqualification under the totting-up procedure the existing points will be removed from your licence but your licence will refer to the disqualification for 4 years.

This does not mean that you cannot rent a car, but call our reservations department on 08704 99 77 11 to ensure that the car rental partner will accept a booking with your endorsements.

The penalty is £90 payable within 28 days however if it is paid within 14 days. That it is reduced to £60 if it is not paid within 28 days the penalty will increase to £135 plus extra costs incurred by debt recovery agents etc.

They are either non-endorsable (white) for offences involving matters such as parking or seat-belts, or endorsable (yellow) for offences such as speeding or parking on zig-zags or double-yellow lines.

the title infers the first is a definite course of action whereas the second system affords the driver the opportunity to choose there and then whether to accept the Conditional Offer or plead their case in court. In the main Fixed Penalty Notices are issued for Parking and other similar offences whereas Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalty are issued for a wide variety of moving traffic offences, some of which may result in a person's driving licence being endorsed with penalty points.

In most cases, yes. But there are sometimes particular situations which we call "special reasons" where we can persuade the Court not to impose penalty points because it would be unfair. When we discuss your case with you we will be looking out for these "special reasons".

A form to apply for removal of penalty points can be collected at a Post Office after four years have elapsed. This, in effect, gives you a ‘clean’ licence. You are under a legal obligation to produce your documents within seven days of being requested to do so by the officer who gave you the form. You must take all the documents you were asked to produce (driving licence, insurance certificate and MOT certificate), to the police station that you nominated at the time.

No. We have seen no evidence that penalty points indicate a greater risk. In the UK, the experience has been that as drivers get penalty points, they drive more safely. So for the moment our intention is not to load for penalty points.

No. Penalty points are only received for driving offences dealt with by the Police under criminal law.

Penalty points are valid for a period of three years from the date of the offence. However, they cannot be removed from your licence until four years have elapsed.

No, if you choose to accept a Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty, the acceptance is an alternative to going to court and is final. The rear of the Conditional Offer has the following advice "No discussion, review or correspondence in relation to the facts of the case or associated matter can take place".

Yes, your total flight hour requirement for a commercial helicopter licence go down to 60 from 100 if you have a Canadian commercial fixed wing licence.