Speeding tickets on Czech licence?

Dr House · 26 Feb 2010 at 10:37

Ok So I was in the uk last weekend and managed to get myself a couple of speeding tickets.

I hold a Czech Driving licence but am a named driver in the uk (insurance company knows its a Czech licence)

So what will happen to the points?

PMKeates · 26 Feb 2010 at 10:37

They will vanish in to the ether!

cavonia · 26 Feb 2010 at 10:38

They will be converted into prizes!!

merlin · 26 Feb 2010 at 10:40

Points repelled with your +4 magical licence shield.

Suggest you counter with your +11 sword of LOL's.

Dangerous Dave · 26 Feb 2010 at 10:48

They will create a ghost license and if you apply for UK license the points will be added to it.

Tute · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:00

cavonia said:
They will be converted into prizes!!

Lol!

Dr House · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:19

Dangerous Dave said:
They will create a ghost license and if you apply for UK license the points will be added to it.

Ok thanks, I tought I would get away with it

Fr0dders · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:22

i take it you spend more time in prague then ?

as there are limits to how long you can stay in the UK and use a foreign license.

Dangerous Dave · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:24

Dr House said:
Ok thanks, I tought I would get away with it

I think they will have a very hard time of matching it up if you were to use a different address.

bledd · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:26

Did you get them on purpose?

OllyM · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:35

MrLOL said:
i take it you spend more time in prague then ?

as there are limits to how long you can stay in the UK and use a foreign license.

There are, but if it's an EU licence it's a lot less strict.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/DrivingInGbOnAForeignLicence/DG_4022556

Residents

If you have a valid community licence, this will allow you to drive in GB for the period set out below.Alternatively, you can exchange your licence for a British licence.

Provided your licence remains valid you may drive in GB:

Car, motorcycle driving licence holders (ordinary driving licence):

* until aged 70 or for three years after becoming resident, whichever is the longer period

Fr0dders · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:58

wonder how they define "becomming a resident"

is this gaining a UK passport ?

mjt · 26 Feb 2010 at 11:59

MrLOL said:
wonder how they define "becomming a resident"

is this gaining a UK passport ?

No, that would be becoming a British Citizen.

Residency in purely where you live. Anyone who has an address in the UK, be it temporary or permanent, is a resident.

Settleddown · 26 Feb 2010 at 12:06

Was a guy on this traffic police programme, was a random stop turns out he had a Czech licence and finding out more he was using this while living here and working in the UK for 5 years, more calls to the DVLA and he had 9 points on a 'Ghost licence' I presume this is where you have a foreign licence but when you get points you go on a ghost licence and when you convert this to a UK type the points get carried over. The show said limit is the same 12 points and you are banned from driving in the UK.

Fr0dders · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:21

mis read Olly's post

ignore.

OllyM · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:25

No he hasn't, he can drive on his Czech licence until he's 70?

SHEDDER1uk · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:26

Or been a resident for 3 years.

mjt · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:26

MrLOL said:
so if the OP owns a house here, then he is technically a resident. In which case he's got 3 years from when he bought the house to buy a UK license.

The OP would only be a resident if he resides at that address. For example, if he was letting the property then he wouldn't be a resident.

Either way, the law states until aged 70 or 3 years of residence, whichever is the longer period

So he's got until his 70th birthday

SHREDDER1UK said:
Or been a resident for 3 years.

as above

Fr0dders · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:29

OllyM said:
No he hasn't, he can drive on his Czech licence until he's 70?

i read it as whichever comes sooner

my bad

Dr House · 26 Feb 2010 at 13:56

Thanks for the info.

MrLOL said:
i take it you spend more time in prague then ?

as there are limits to how long you can stay in the UK and use a foreign license.

I spend most of my time in Czech as I work there buy my soon to be wife lives in the uk so I fly back on weekends.

bledd. said:
Did you get them on purpose?

No, its just that I my misses has a 335i and it’s really easy to speed without noticing you are going so fast, also we only have a few cameras here to I am not normally too careful when it comes to that sort of thing.

Ah well live and learn.