Anybody buying or selling points?

Blitzkrieger

I'm going to become a tout and make a fortune :

It is the latest ruse on the roads of France: drivers are avoiding disqualification by trading licence points on the internet.

Complete strangers are taking the rap for speeding offences in return for up to €1,500 (£1,000), and police admit they are powerless to intervene. Even pensioners who have not driven for many years are getting in on the act.

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Anan1

€1500? Probably cheaper just to get a good laser jammer & radar detector.;)

rowanh

I read in hte metro a while ago people in the UK were getting arrested and banned from driving for getting family members to take points for them. My french housemate was telling me about that is france apparently she saw them on French ebay for sale. Seems very easy to get caught, if the cops asked the person who was driving the car to bring in insurance?

Seth Brundle

Quite a lot of people in the UK have gotten done (some going to jail) for abusing the system in this manner.
Also its possible that the police can try to sieze the details of those 'trading' on this website.

Blitzkrieger

rowanh wrote:

Seems very easy to get caught

It is and it isn't. The article mentions spot checks and them finding it suspicious if some granny gets a ticket for doing 200kph at 5am near a nightclub, but the system is overwhelmed so most are just processed automatically. My insurance would cover me to drive someone else's car so if I said I was up in Dublin and said I took a car for a burn, how would the gardai prove otherwise?

Henry Ford III

Husbands frequently get their wives to take the rap and points in the UK.