That's an interesting though ethically testing opportunity for the unlicensed carless in this group. Offer, for a hefty fee plus payment of any fines, to be the registered keeper of vehicles driven by those with lots of points on their licenses. They can go about speeding and other offences unhindered while you absorb all the points for them on your non-license. Presumably the worst they could do is ban you from driving.
Surely it can't work, can it?
I wonder how much per year it could be worth.
I have a clean driving license and no car, and no intension of driving in the near future. An acquaintance has a fast car and eleven points. The acquaintance offers me a sum of money to be the registered keeper of their car.
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Just tell them the last time you looked at the basic principles of English Law it was for them to prove your guilt, not you to prove your innocence.
Years ago Mr Richard Stilgoe wrote an amusing ditty on the subject of those officials who have a statutory right of access to one's home. I cannot find the text at present, but I have a sneaking suspicion that TV license people were on the list (though I could be wrong, and even if I wasn't, Mr Stilgoe could).
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I wonder how much per year it could be worth.
I have a clean driving license and no car, and no intension of driving in the near future. An acquaintance has a fast car and eleven points. The acquaintance offers me a sum of money to be the registered keeper of their car.
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I wonder how much per year it could be worth.
I have a clean driving license and no car, and no intension of driving in the near future. An acquaintance has a fast car and eleven points. The acquaintance offers me a sum of money to be the registered keeper of their car.
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That's an interesting though ethically testing opportunity for the unlicensed carless in this group. Offer, for a hefty fee plus payment of any fines, to be the registered keeper of vehicles driven by those with lots of points on their licenses. They can go about speeding and other offences unhindered while you absorb all the points for them on your non-license. Presumably the worst they could do is ban you from driving.
Surely it can't work, can it?
I wonder how much per year it could be worth.
I have a clean driving license and no car, and no intension of driving in the near future. An acquaintance has a fast car and eleven points. The acquaintance offers me a sum of money to be the registered keeper of their car.
It's got to be worth a quid or two...
It quite common with undergrad students. Most can't afford cars at uni and so have a three year period with a licence but no car. They will offer to take convictions off people for the cost of the fine plus another couple of hundred. Then by the time they leave uni, they have a clean licence again. -- "We take these risks, not to escape from life, but to prevent life escaping from us." bensales.combensales.comOpen ↗
It quite common with undergrad students. Most can't afford cars at uni and so have a three year period with a licence but no car. They will offer to take convictions off people for the cost of the fine plus another couple of hundred. Then by the time they leave uni, they have a clean licence again.
Why do they need a license? It would seem you could be the registered keeper without a license in which case they can't put any points on it.
Must do wonders for their insurance premiums when they do get a car though
It quite common with undergrad students. Most can't afford cars at uni and so have a three year period with a licence but no car. They will offer to take convictions off people for the cost of the fine plus another couple of hundred. Then by the time they leave uni, they have a clean licence again.
Why do they need a license? It would seem you could be the registered keeper without a license in which case they can't put any points on it.
If you don't have a licence when you're convicted of a crime which has a punishment of point, you're given a licence with points on. This licence doesn't entitle you to drive but is a holder for if/when you do get a proper licence. The points are then transferred.
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Must do wonders for their insurance premiums when they do get a car though
The idea is, I think, that by the time they've left uni the points are gone from their licence due to the three year rule. They can then get insurance for normal price. In reality I guess they don't think that far ahead, they think of a few more quid to extend the student loan. -- "We take these risks, not to escape from life, but to prevent life escaping from us." bensales.combensales.comOpen ↗
