Endorsable offence or not?

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:03

Hi,

Today I was pulled over by an unmarked police car for going through a No Entry sign. The officer gave me a Fixed Penalty Notice and told me that I would recieve 3 points and would have to pay a £60 fine.

Worried about how this would affect my insurance premium I did various quotes on online insurance sites however I couldn't find my offence code or description (contravening a no entry sign). The offence code is E186.

After a short search on google I found this site. It states that 'contravening a no entry sign' is a Non-Endorsable offence, which makes sense as to why I cannot find the offence on the insurance sites.

So, is this offence endorsable or not?

Thanks

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:08

I have found out that this offence is endorsable, please ignore

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:11

splitz said:
The offence code is E186.

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:14

Clarkey said:
thats some serious bad luck, im intrigued, what were you entering that you weren't supposed to?

Opposite work there's a road with No Entry and just after the No Entry is a row of 2-hour parking spaces. I went to park there (I would move it when the 24-hr parking car park opposite had a space free) and the unmarked car flashed its blue grille lights and ordered me out of my car. The rest is history.

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:21

adwhitworth said:
Can't see that specific code on DVLA:

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/endorsem.htm#7. Endorsement Offence Codes

At a guess I'd say TS30, TS60 or TS70? No such code as E186.

This is confusing me now. The code on my form is E186, is this code written proof of such an offence or can it be changed to something generic like "TS70 Undefined failure to comply with a traffic direction sign.........."?

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:32

It's definately the Offence Code. Bizarre. Supposing they've made a silly mistake and wrote a non-existent code, could I still be charged with an offence based on the description?

I'll phone the DVLA tomorrow as you have said. Thanks

BenST · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:50

Phantom said:
splitz - just out of curiosity, whereabouts was it and what were they driving?

Portswood, and I think it was a Merc.

BenST · 8 Mar 2006 at 11:42

Just found out that the 'E' code is specific to each police force and that my DVLA offence code will be different (probably a TS70). Oh well.