How long do bans remain on your license?

Kingy · 9 Mar 2006 at 09:16

I was done for drink driving (DR10) on 12 June 2002. Does anyone know at what point the conviction expires and doesn't have to be declared for insurance purposes?

I know it stays on your license for 10 years, but wasn't sure if I had to declare it for 4 or 5 years.

Anybody know?

Kingy · 9 Mar 2006 at 09:39

Ok, perhaps a more relevant question then would be to ask if anyone knows how long it is before a DR10 expires and/or insurance companies stop loading the premium?

I want a new toy for the summer!

Taking fleeting glances at the Xsara VTS, ST24, Celica 140/190 and SV650S, all of which are going to be vasaline job while my endorsement is valid.

Kingy · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:36

EddScott said:
I've explained what happened not to defend my actions but to answer the "think of the children" brigade.

I have to take a deep breath and smile sweetly whenever said brigade starts. I think the whole marketting and education behind Drink Driving is fundamentally flawed. They play shock tactic clips on TV without giving any real information (it takes less than you think to be a drink driver! - WTF?) that Joe Bloggs looks at and thinks it'll never happen to them. I see people so many times in pubs that have had 2 pints, and stopped drinking so as to not be over the limit it's untrue.

The reality is that far more people are caught drink-driving than there are drink-related accidents.

If the adverts showed case studies of people that had been done, and what they'd had and lost, there'd be a lot more people that'd think twice about doing it.

/waits for holier than thou 'the only safe way is not to drink at all' blah blah blah.

/rant

Another 15 months until toy time then it seems... *sigh*

Kingy · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Enfield said:
A DR10 stays on the license for 10 years doesn't it?

Insurance companies usually ask if you've had any points in the last 3 years so in theory they're going to know about the points for at least 13 years? And rightly so.

I'm not sure that makes sense, but even it were correct it would only apply if points were given in addition to the ban.