Driver's Licence question.

[jojo]

Can someone in the know tell me if it's ok to drive straght away from coming off a driving ban? Like if you was banned for 6 months on 1st Jan, I take it the ban ends on 1st July, so is it ok to drive straight away, or does one have to re-apply for your drivers licence and make it valid before being used?

 

[mitch78]

:thumbsup:

 

[JamS3]

Like mitch says, usually extended test or at least have to apply for licence as it will show expired if stopped by police.

 

[jojo]

Really?, think my mate has just been pulled over for driving right after ban, but not aplied for licence yet, guess he might be in trouble again then!

 

[james0808]

Really?, think my mate has just been pulled over for driving right after ban, but not aplied for licence yet, guess he might be in trouble again then!

Holy ****,hope it all works out for him.

 

[jojo]

Yeah yeah, your "mate" we're talking about

I'm 100% ok to drive. , but I have some dumb friends who won't listen.

 

[JamS3]

If its not applied for he will get done for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence, sometimes people are disqualified until rest past therefore even more trouble if he is one of those!

 

[shineydave]

i always thought that an extended test was used as "additional training" for those who had a particularly attrocious driving history. surely they should have informed your friend at the time of his disqualification if an extended test was a condition of the sentance.

 

[jojo]

My 'mate' isn't doing himself any favours, he was originally banned for 6 months for driving with no insurance, but he did buy insurance, it was fake(he didn't know), and they still did him, because he's in the motor trade! I can tell you he was rather ****** off with the outcome, but he didn't drive for a good 3 months, then he 'needed' to make this one trip to bring a car back from an auction place, as it didn't sell..... yup, get got pulled over for driving whilst disqualified... so ban extended for another 6 months. So for most of the last 12 months, I was his personal chauffer to keep him out of trouble, but when his ban ended, he just had to go for a ****** drive against my advice.... pulled over again - ****!