license application

[dwdw]

Think I already know this answer where it asks about previous convictions, I was fined for speeding in 1972. So as it says all except parking will I need to declare this?

[dromia]

Yes.

[Gazoo]

marked man

[Ovenpaa]

Better to tell them all as they probably already have it on record however I doubt speeding in 1972 is going to be an issue. Actually having said this, I was fined for no rear L plate and defective rear brake on a motorbike in 1974 and had forgotten all about it until I read this and I certainly did not mention it when I did my last FAC and SGC renewals.

{waits for knock on door...}

[hitchphil]

125mph in a Citroen AX YES a Citroen AX! (OK it was the GTi but it isn't a super car.... top speed 119 ) my defence in court was "here are the keys you try it! if you can get 115mph out of it some guy in the Citroen AX GTi owners club Tokyo will buy it from me & import it....& here is a copy of the French Government type approval report page 35? 'max speed 119mph GTi & 115 GT'" they agreed but did me for 95mph, 6pts & £100 blue rinse magistrate tax.

Not a problem for FAC renewal, but it was mentioned with a big wry smile by my FLO at visit. "....an AX?...really!...... "

[dromia]

"Supercar... Supercar...
With beauty and grace,
as swift as can be,
watch it flying through the air.
It travels in space,
or under the sea,
and it can journey anywhere.

Supercar... Supercar...
It travels on land,
or roams the skies,
through a heavens stormy rage,
It's Mercury-manned,
and everyone cries,
"it's the marvel of the age!"

Supercar... Supercar... Supercar!"

Supercar Theme Song

[Ovenpaa]

I know we are digressing now...

125 in an AX GT would be impressive, do you have a feeling for how fast you were actually going at the time? (You can whisper, nobody will hear you)

Early on we clocked our car flat out down a long hill with the Satnav which would hopefully be more accurate than the Speedo - 89MPH so no real worries about speeding however there is a minor problem, the speedo reads very slightly under at all indicated speeds. Something to be mindful when a Police car is sitting right behind you, not that we see them in our part of Lincolnshire.

Back on topic, I know someone who as a youngster enjoyed making things go bang, he was very young and mostly inquisitive and there was no malice in what he was doing. Mostly match heads and Jetex fuse stuff however he did progress to bigger and better things, mostly making reasonable sized holes in corners of remote fields or relocating shrubs or small trees.

The Police eventually got wind of what he was doing, raided his bedroom and took a few boxes of items away muttering about Terrorism charges. That was many years ago however he did manage to get himself an SGC and is quite competent at knocking clays down.

[Ovenpaa]

[dromia]

I've got the complete collection.

Master Spy scares the sh!te out of the grand bairns.

[Pesty]

Timely thread. I have not sent mine off yet was going to do it tomorrow but worried about this.

I've been fined for speeding 3 times in the last 30 years. Thing is I've got a new licence and the points have gone.

I have no idea when they were one approx 9 years ago the others I couldn't even guess.

What do I put down?