Traffic Cameras are everywhere – on motorways, ordinary roads and in unmarked Police vehicles. If you are a motorist then, however careful you are, you may be captured committing a road traffic offence at some time in your motoring life.

The penalty points system tries to ensure that so long as these are one-off incidents often they will not cause you too much inconvenience. However if you begin to collect points or commit serious offences you can soon put yourself at risk of losing your licence and with it sometimes your livelihood and your whole way of life.

All sorts of offences carry endorsement – you would expect speeding and going through a red signal, but defective tyres and parking on pedestrian crossings carry points as does forgetting to renew your insurance or letting someone else drive your car uninsured.

You might need our help when

• You have been told you have to go to Court and you have 9 penalty points on your licence – you are at risk of being disqualified.
• You have just been caught speeding 25 mph over the limit and you already have 6 points on your licence – the Court can impose up to 6 points for the new offence on your licence and you are then at risk of being disqualified.
• You have just been caught speeding 30 mph over the limit – you are at risk of being disqualified.
• You have ignored a Notice of Intended Prosecution and you have six points on your licence – you are at risk of being disqualified.
• You are a New Driver – that is you have passed your test less than 2 years ago – you are at risk of losing your licence.
• You want to argue that you should keep your licence even though you will have 12 points – called an exceptional hardship argument.
• You want to argue that you acted in an emergency or there were special reasons for your driving.