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Codes and Penalty Points

Codes	Accident	Penalty Points
AC 10	Failing to stop after an accident	5 – 10
AC 20	Failing to give particulars or to report an accident within 24 hours	5 – 10
AC 30	Undefined Accident offences	4 – 9

Penalty points for this offence start from:- The date of the offence

The Penalty points remain on the licence for:- Four (4) Years

Example: Date of offence is 10th January 2000 – the endorsement points must stay on the licence until 10th January 2004

'Totting-up' penalty points

If you build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of three years, you’ll be liable to be disqualified under the 'totting-up' system. This is shown on your licence as TT99.

Information on your driving entitlement and endorsements are sent to the courts and police on request.

Sorry but now and again the reason for an accident is vehicles humour and makes you, depending on your views, glad to be ALIVE! Do you think it is an AC 30?

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