From: ogden on 27 Apr 2010 09:03 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. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Cab on 27 Apr 2010 09:24 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. -- Cab
From: Alan Crowder on 27 Apr 2010 10:47 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 --
From: Thomas on 27 Apr 2010 12:12 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 27 Apr 2010 12:13
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? |