Any offence which carries the power to endorse penalty points upon your licence also carries the potential threat of a disqualification. Of course, often this will not occur. However, even a simple speeding offence, for example, exceeding a 30 mph limit by a few mph can result in you facing a minimum 6 month ban (if, for example, the 3 points you get mean that you now have 12 or more penalty points for offences committed within 3 years of each other). Sometimes clients reach 12 penalty points by being seen to use their mobile phones twice (as 6 penalty points are endorsed per offence). No matter what offences are committed if you reach 12 points you will face the prospect of a penalty points disqualification and a minimum 6 month ban.
If I reach 12 points do I automatically get a 12 month ban?
If you reach 12 penalty points, or more, for offences committed within 3 years of each other then you are liable for a minimum 6 month disqualification unless you can establish that you would suffer from ‘exceptional hardship’. Thank you for your question.