How Driving Offences Affect Your Driving Licence
Written by man on January 29th, 2010 in Other.
There are quite a few driving offences which could have a serious affect of the status of your driving licence . The punishments vary depending on the severity of the offence. Obviously the more serious the offence the more severe the penalty will be.
One of the major driving offences is driving while under the influence of alcohol. There are many government and media groups which are trying to tackle this problem. It is a very serious offence which carries severe fines and even prison sentences. The amount that your are legally allowed to have in your breath is 35micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath. If stopped by police and breathalysed, and you have more than this amount in your breath, you could face a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of up to £5000. You could also find yourself without a driving licence for up to three years. However, if your driving while under the influence of alcohol results in the death or serious injury of anyone else, you will be facing much harsher punishments
Speeding is another major driving offence. Although some speeding offences are considered to be minor, you could still face points on your licence and fines of £60. More excessive speeding offences could result in major fines of up to £2500 and up to six points on your driving licence. Very serious speeding offences could mean a driving ban and a lost driving licence.
You could also face fines, points or driving bans from other offences including dangerous driving. If you are not taking due care when driving you could cause a serious accident which could put other people’s lives in jeopardy. That is why this can have a very serious negative affect on your driving licence. You could face huge points on your driving licence if you drive without insurance.
Taking care not to carry out any of these driving offences can help to keep yourself and others safe on the road and can protect your driving licence.
If you are looking for a driving related job, any potential employer is well withing their right to do official checks to the type of license you hold . Driving licence is something which you should take very seriously indeed. Don’t try applying for specific driving jobs without first holding the appropiate license.
