News - Totting Up

A Cheshire-based businessman has avoided a totting up ban after using the exceptional hardship argument at a hearing in Chester Magistrates’ Court. Craig McKenzie Abbotson, 65, of Fulshaw Park South, Wilmslow, had pleaded guilty to using a hand-held mobile phone Read more...

Penalty points can be added to your licence for a wide variety of driving offences, and the number of points given will reflect the seriousness of the offence. Under the “totting up” rules, a driver who has 12 or more Read more...

Two stars of the Harry Potter film franchise have been banned from driving on the same day, and in the same court, as each other. Emma Watson, who shot to fame in 2001 playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter Read more...

Tottenham Hotspur defender Cristian Romero has been given a mandatory 6-month driving ban after totting up 12 or more penalty points on his licence. On 11th December 2024, speed cameras caught Romero driving his Lamborghini Uris at 60mph in a Read more...

Totting-up bans occur when a driver has 12 or more penalty points added to a driving licence within a three-year period. Penalty points can be added for a wide range of minor and major driving offences, and in some cases, Read more...

Appearing at Welshpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 6, Daniel Peter Davies, of Codsall, Staffordshire, admitted driving without due care and attention, having previously admitted to driving without insurance. At around 7 am on Monday, September 9 2024, Davies was Read more...

A man who had lost his driving licence after being caught driving without a seatbelt has won his appeal and seen his privileges returned. Stephen Davies, 54, appeared in Mold Crown Court on April 17th to plead ‘exceptional hardship’, after Read more...

Rail minister Lord Peter Hendy has contacted police and admitted to driving while using a mobile phone. The incident occurred on Friday, March 28, when Hendy was driving a vintage bus at a charity event in London. Hendy, who owns Read more...

A recent car meet in Southend-on-Sea attracted a flurry of penalty and legal action from Essex Police and Southend-on-Sea City Council. Dangerous driving, risky stunts such as burnouts and unlawful parking led the council and police to take decisive action. Read more...

For any, but particularly new drivers, traffic offences can mean points on their licence – and an accumulation of 12 points or more can lead to a minimum driving ban of 6 months unless they can establish grounds for ‘exceptional Read more...