Penalty Points / Totting Up Generally speaking, any motorist who accumulates 12 penalty points within 3 years is liable for mandatory disqualification for at least 6 months ("Totting up"). (In certain circumstances the disqualification can be 12 months, or even 2 years.) The regulations governing "totting" and whether points count or not are complex and can be unknowingly misinterpreted by the courts unless an expert solicitor is instructed who can ensure such mistakes are not made, thereby avoiding an unnecessary unlawful disqualification and an expensive appeal to the Crown Court or, worse still, the serving of a protracted unlawful disqualification.
Moreover, the Government have introduced a new Road Safety Act to increase the variation of penalty points for speeding and increasing the number of penalty points for other offences. Theoretically, two speeding cases on the same day proved by speed camera could see you off the road for 6 months!
Click the image above to download a .pdf listing Offences Appropriate for Iimposition of Fine or Discharge as laid down in the Road Traffic Act effective from the 4th August 2008.
