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Got caught driving with a provisional holder and was due to take test

I'm gutted and also worried I am due to have my test and I went to pick my 1st car up ....on the way home I got pulled as it wasent insured I'm a provisional holder and payed £100 for no tax and mot and £50 for not holding a full licence wot will happen next ? I was told I'd get a letter to how there guna deal with me next for the no insurance as any body got any ideas plz

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Reply 1

DonDuck

Well that was an incredibly stupid thing to do wasn’t it.

As soon as you pass your test you will probably have your licence revoked, be banned from driving for a while and have to retake your test once your ban has expired.

You’ll also have to declare it to your car insurance when you do eventually get a full licence and your car insurance will be significantly more expensive as a result.

Reply 2

Nuffles

Original post by DonDuck

If he gets a ban then yes, once he passes his test it'll instantly be revoked. If it's points however, I believe they just sit there (even if it's more than six, so long as it's less than twelve) and you still keep your licence once you pass. The caveat being that *any* points accrued after passing will cause him to have his licence revoked.

Reply 3

DonDuck

Original post by Nuffles

If a new driver incurs 6 points within their first 2 years I think the licence gets revoked anyway.

I'm not sure what the punishment for driving unsupervised on a provisional is, but driving without insurance is generally a minimum of 6 points.

The fact OP not only didn't have insurance but was also driving unsupervised will probably count against them too.

Reply 4

IWMTom

Original post by Chanie75

You're not going to be driving for a while.
Don't bother doing your test. Cancel it and let someone more deserving take your place.

Stay off the roads. You do not deserve to drive on them.

Reply 5

R_A_A

yeah but it's not you're fault just say everyone else in you're family can't drive or someat---idk but I'd be cryingggggggggggggg

Reply 6

R_A_A

Original post by IWMTom

You're not going to be driving for a while.
Don't bother doing your test. Cancel it and let someone more deserving take your place.

Stay off the roads. You do not deserve to drive on them.

lol looks like we know who's dad pulled you up

Reply 7

R_A_A

ohh and back to ur question just appeal and complain that you're normally a law abiding citezen blah blahhh-ur quite new to the driving world etccc-- (worth giving it a shot-got nothing to lose I guess but complain formally and politely ) acknowledge what you did was wrong but you weren't aware--maybe write a letter?

Reply 8

IWMTom

Original post by R_A_A

You are clueless.

Reply 9

Love Holby

Original post by Chanie75

Haha you're ****ed

Reply 10

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by IWMTom

You are clueless.

No Tom, it’s simple. They’ll just write a “formal complaint” to The Police, (not the band), explain that they didn’t know they needed to be insured or supervised but that they are a law abiding citizen. Job done.

Reply 11

IWMTom

Original post by Admit-One

PRSOM

Reply 12

R_A_A

Original post by IWMTom

You are clueless.

and you're wat... helpful ?!! ffs

Reply 13

IWMTom

Original post by R_A_A

and you're wat... helpful ?!! ffs

The OP is beyond help.

Reply 14

R_A_A

Original post by IWMTom

The OP is beyond help.

keep telling urself that

Reply 15

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by R_A_A

and you're wat... helpful ?!! ffs

I think the problem with your advice, the real nuts and bolts problem, is that the OP can’t claim to be a “law abiding citizen” when they admit to breaking the law in their own post.

Yeah, I think that’s it.

The bar for bad advice in Cars & Motoring is very low, and I can assure you that yours is amongst the worst I’ve ever read.

OP: The police pulled me for driving uninsured, without supervision in a car with no tax or MOT.
You: Write a complaint.

*slow clap*

Reply 16

Love Holby

Original post by R_A_A

keep telling urself that

Shut up you moron

Reply 17

ANM775

Original post by Chanie75

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1162771

Reply 18

TheDE

It's worth saying that driving alone on a provisional is called driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, carries 3-6 points and upto £1000 fine if you decide to contest it in court and lose (which you will).
Driving without tax is a maximum fine of £1000 in court, no points.
Driving without insurance is £300 fine in court and 6-8 penalty points.

So even if you don't decide to go to court you're still looking at a minimum of 9 points and a maximum of 14, along with the fees from the fixed penalty notices.

You will be losing your licence, as you cannot even contest that you need to drive for work, as you are not a full licence holder currently.