From: ogden on
petrolcan wrote:
> In article <83np3fFf1nU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Daz says...
> >
> > On 27/04/2010 10:23, petrolcan wrote:
> >
> > > On for four years and points does not equal a conviction.
> >
> > Any ins co I've ever dealt with asks the standard question "Any
> > accidents, claims or convictions in the last x years" for which the
> > latter definitely included points.
> >
> > So if you got 3 points for either speeding or perhaps an illegal tyre
> > you wouldn't declare this when asked the above question?
>
> Oh, I would and do declare any points as it seems to make little
> difference to insurance prices.
>
> Last time I renewed my car insurance I recall the points question being
> seperate from the convictions question.
>
> I don't equate points equalling a conviction as all the CRB checks I've
> had done over the years have never come back with me having a conviction
> due to points on my licence.

Most, if not all, insurers ask separately about non-motoring
convictions. Voila, all bases covered.

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ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250

From: Cab on
On Apr 27, 10:02 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Speed trap on London Bridge. Jeez, that's six points in ten days. Best
> slow down a bit (not that I can slow down much more as I was on the
> GN250).
>
> Telling Plod you can't produce your licence because it's at Swansea
> for three speeding points to be added to it raises some eyebrows, too.
> Luckily I had a photocopy.
>
> Hohum.

Pillock.

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Cab
From: Alan Crowder on
Adrian wrote:

> platypus <monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying:
>
> >> Speed trap on London Bridge. Jeez, that's six points in ten days.
>
> >> Telling Plod you can't produce your licence because it's at
> Swansea for >> three speeding points to be added to it raises some
> eyebrows, too.
>
> > Do you reckon you'll reach the weekend without a ban?
>
> A friend of mine got nicked twice by the same camera on the same
> day...

Ohhh thats bad, her indoors got done by the same camera twice in two
days and when she drove me there a few days later she was about to do
the same again until i reminded her, oh she said "i never go this slow"
talk about stating the obvious.

Alan

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From: Thomas on
On Apr 27, 2:42 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:32:18 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty"
>
> <dontwant...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> >My ex got done twice within an hour - by the same camera van in the
> >same place.
>
> That's deserving of some sort of special award.

It's called "divorce."

From: Thomas on
On Apr 27, 5:48 am, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypa...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> > drugs began to take hold. I remember "TOG(a)Toil"
> > <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> saying something like:
>
> >>Speed trap on London Bridge. Jeez, that's six points in ten days.
>
> > They don't count in Chile.
> > Ariba. Underlay.
>
> Don't you know anything? Arriba has 2 Rs.
>
> I won't mention the other thing.

You mean the Honda lay?