Disqualified Driver Offences
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Disqualified Driver Offences
The Offences
It is an offence to:
- drive a motor vehicle if you have been disqualified from driving; and/or
- obtain a driving license if you are disqualified from driving; or
- allow someone to drive a vehicle who you know is disqualified.
If an officer sees you driving a vehicle and believes you are disqualified from driving they have the power to arrest you.
If you obtain a license whilst disqualified the law states it will not be valid and you can be prosecuted for both obtaining the license and driving whilst disqualified.
It does not matter whether or not you knew you were disqualified from driving.
To prosecute you, the authorities have to show that you were both:
- driving a vehicle; and
- disqualified from driving at the time.
Potential Penalties
Driving Whilst Disqualified (or allowing someone to):
- Up to 6 months in prison and/or a fine up to £5,000, 6 penalty points and discretionary disqualification from driving. If your driving history is particularly bad you run the risk of having an ASBO imposed on you.
Obtaining a Driving License Whilst Disqualified:
- Fine up to £1,000
If you have driving convictions, points on your license and/or previous accidents and claims, you will need a specialist insurance provider.
Here at The Policy Shop we can help whether you have SP30 (speeding), CD10 (careless driving), IN10 (driving without insurance) or DR10 (drink driving) motoring convictions.
As long as you are aged 19 and over with a Full UK driving license, convicted driver car insurance has never been so easy.
Because of the specialist consideration that we give to your individual circumstances, the price quoted on the website may not be our best, so one of our team will call you back to confirm the details.
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