With changes to legislation and nearly 1 million drivers within 3 points of losing their licence, the time to check your employees is now.
Driving Licence Check Information
Recent studies show that almost 1,000,000 motorists, male and female, are very close to a driving ban because they have accumulated penalty points from speed cameras and other driving offences.
Direct Line statistics tell us that there are 920,000 current road users who are on the brink of losing their licence — 3 points away.
Over the past 5 years speeding convictions have risen dramatically.
Drivers with 3 points on their licence had risen by 7%.
A survey conducted by YouGov found that 17% of motorists have points on their licence, 14% with 6 points and 3% with 3 points — 33.8 million motorists in the U.K. are close to a ban.
125,000 people across the U.K. very close to losing their licence will also lose their job because of it.
92% of motoring convictions in the past 2 years were for speeding.
There are over 6,000 speed cameras throughout the U.K.
The House of Commons has recently debated the introduction of a sliding penalty point scheme (2 - 6 points) and fines instead of the current fixed £60 fine and 3 points.