When will my penalty points be removed?

Designator

Back in september 2013 I got 2 penalty points that should be coming off this year. However I got another 3 penalty points last month which brings my total to 5 points
Will the initial 2 from 2013 come off this year or will they stay on seeing as I got another 3 this year?

Del2005

You'll get a letter from the RSA when the points have expired. Getting new points doesn't reset the clock on the original ones they only last 3 years.

Designator

So basically all 12 penalty points to disqualify you from driving would have to all be gotten in the space of 3 years?

kirving

Correct yes.

colm_mcm

They're removed 3 years after they're applied, rather than 3 years after you got caught.

Headshot

How long does it take for them to send you the points in the post? I think I got caught today by a speed camera van

Del2005

Headshot wrote: »

How long does it take for them to send you the points in the post? I think I got caught today by a speed camera van

Can be a few weeks for the notice, then you post it back, then another few weeks for the points to be applied.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Headshot wrote: »

How long does it take for them to send you the points in the post? I think I got caught today by a speed camera van

Three weeks after I got the notice. Paid the fine and a week after that I had my lovely 3 points. It's a grand system.

scart

Headshot wrote: »

How long does it take for them to send you the points in the post? I think I got caught today by a speed camera van

I got caught recently on a Monday doing 90km in an 80km zone
and received the fixed penalty notice in the post 4 days later ie.friday:mad:

Penalty points arrived in post 5 days after i paid the fine:mad:

CFlat

Anytime I ever thought I was done by the speed camera vans, I wasn't. They were always kindly sent in the post when I didn't even realise I'd been caught.

I would't worry about it until they land on your hall floor. It mightn't even happen.

Sorry meant for Headshot.

Commotion Ocean

Do the cameras send in pictures of the driver too? Like they do in other countries. What if you are driving a shared vehicle where two or more drivers are frequently driving the vehicle?

What if someone clones your plates and the vehicle is driving around the neighbourhood in which you live? Without a headshot photograph, the victim of cloning will have no choice but to pay the fine and take the points if they have no evidence of where they were that day, for example if they were just at home that day watching telly.

Del2005

dfeo wrote: »

Do the cameras send in pictures of the driver too? Like they do in other countries. What if you are driving a shared vehicle where two or more drivers are frequently driving the vehicle?

What if someone clones your plates and the vehicle is driving around the neighbourhood in which you live? Without a headshot photograph, the victim of cloning will have no choice but to pay the fine and take the points if they have no evidence of where they were that day, for example if they were just at home that day watching telly.

They send a picture of the reg plate, you can request the full picture. They don't send the full picture by default as relationships broke down when a partner opened the letter and the bit on the side was in the vehicle.

Kristopherus

Del2005 wrote: »

They send a picture of the reg plate, you can request the full picture. They don't send the full picture by default as relationships broke down when a partner opened the letter and the bit on the side was in the vehicle.

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