Does anyone know how long it is before the points get took off? I got 3 for speeding back in feb 10 , do I just send off my licence telling them to take them off or? Cheers
They have expired, but stay on for another year. Send it in next year to be taken off.
valid for 3 yrs can be removed after 4. it will cost you to get them removed £20 i think, but they will remove them for free if you are changing any details on it ie:-moving house or adding a category.
They come off after 4 years. So that’ll be February next year.
Just send off for a replacement licence or change of address sometime in February, But Don’t send it off.
they are active for 3 years, so, you can have them removed after 4 years, but, you should legally notify your insurance for 5 years, regardless if they have been removed or not
also, if you send your licence back to have them removed, this will cost you to do it, you might aswell just leave them there
shuttlespanker:
they are active for 3 years, so, you can have them removed after 4 years, but, you should legally notify your insurance for 5 years, regardless if they have been removed or notalso, if you send your licence back to have them removed, this will cost you to do it, you might aswell just leave them there
the 5 years is for the rehabilitaion of offenders act which is supposed to be for non motoring offences only but the insurance companies have seen another oppurtunity to rob us even more
I wouldn’t tell my insurance about points that are no longer on my licence.
DVLA don’t keep records of previous points.
Cheers people
loopyjuice:
valid for 3 yrs can be removed after 4. it will cost you to get them removed £20 i think, but they will remove them for free if you are changing any details on it ie:-moving house or adding a category.
I think you will find that they still charge to remove expired endorsements, even if you are making other (free) changes at the same time 
Roymondo:
loopyjuice:
valid for 3 yrs can be removed after 4. it will cost you to get them removed £20 i think, but they will remove them for free if you are changing any details on it ie:-moving house or adding a category.I think you will find that they still charge to remove expired endorsements, even if you are making other (free) changes at the same time
No they don’t.
Roymondo:
loopyjuice:
valid for 3 yrs can be removed after 4. it will cost you to get them removed £20 i think, but they will remove them for free if you are changing any details on it ie:-moving house or adding a category.I think you will find that they still charge to remove expired endorsements, even if you are making other (free) changes at the same time
if you ‘ask’ them to remove the points at the same time, they will charge you, but, if you send the licence back for an address change, then when it comes back, the points are removed free of charge
i have had points removed without charge on a couple of occasions when sending the licence back for a change of address
shuttlespanker:
Roymondo:
loopyjuice:
valid for 3 yrs can be removed after 4. it will cost you to get them removed £20 i think, but they will remove them for free if you are changing any details on it ie:-moving house or adding a category.I think you will find that they still charge to remove expired endorsements, even if you are making other (free) changes at the same time
if you ‘ask’ them to remove the points at the same time, they will charge you, but, if you send the licence back for an address change, then when it comes back, the points are removed free of charge
i have had points removed without charge on a couple of occasions when sending the licence back for a change of address
+1
If you have points that are 4+ years old and also have a photo which is nearing its expiry date (could be a year to go) then consider updating with a new photo which will last 10 years - that way you might lose some time on the old photo but you get rid of the points and have 10 years before next photo is due
The DVLA have been known to send licences back with categories missing.
What I do is tell them I’ve lost it then if the new licence is incorrect I can ‘find’ it again to get the issue corrected. They won’t accept photocpoies either.
You have to pay but if it came back without your hgv entitlement and you aren’t on their system, you could well end up having to take your test again. This clearly shouldn’t occur but it has a few times with motorcycle entitlement for folk, as reported in Motor Cycle News.
Just a thought. 
Always scan both sides of all parts of the licence into your PC before sending it to DVLA
limeyphil:
I wouldn’t tell my insurance about points that are no longer on my licence.
DVLA don’t keep records of previous points.
They keep a full paper trail of your licence Phil. Every renewal. Every change, which can be checked at the side of the road if needs be. If you get my drift.
Truckulent:
What I do is tell them I’ve lost it then if the new licence is incorrect I can ‘find’ it again to get the issue corrected. They won’t accept photocpoies either.
I do exactly the same although I believe the main problems are old licence’s which haven’t been updated fully onto the DVLA’s database. If you renew before the 10 year expiry date on the licence you should be fine.
Greg:
limeyphil:
I wouldn’t tell my insurance about points that are no longer on my licence.
DVLA don’t keep records of previous points.They keep a full paper trail of your licence Phil. Every renewal. Every change, which can be checked at the side of the road if needs be. If you get my drift.
The thing is DVLA do NOT keep a paper trail of earlier changes. Hence the issues with folk “losing” groups off their licences and having to retake tests etc to get them back. Happened to a colleague of mine who got a new licence when he moved house. On receipt, he did what most folks do and simply signed it and tucked it away at the back of his wallet. A couple of years later he was involved in a minor accident whilst oh holiday in Scotland. Local police attended and checked his documents - only to tell him his licence didn’t cover him driving a car (in fact it didn’t cover him driving anything - all groups had vanished). His wife had to drive for the remainder of their holiday and on return home he had to retake his car, motorcycle, HGV and PSV tests (fortunately for him our employer bore the costs). DVLA had no record of earlier test passes etc.
Greg:
limeyphil:
I wouldn’t tell my insurance about points that are no longer on my licence.
DVLA don’t keep records of previous points.They keep a full paper trail of your licence Phil. Every renewal. Every change, which can be checked at the side of the road if needs be. If you get my drift.
As strange as it may seem, They don’t. I’ve asked them.
Okay. My bad then