This rule is in place to protect road users and the general public from inexperienced motorists. The limit acts as a deterrent, ensuring that you observe the rules of the road or risk losing your driving licence. The six-point rule applies to new drivers of all ages. Whether you’re 17 or 70, you will lose your licence if you accumulate six points in under three years of driving.

Unfortunately, if your licence is revoked, you will have to reapply for a provisional licence and then retake, and pass, both your driving theory test and practical exam to get a new licence. You can apply for a provisional licence immediately after losing

your full licence. Also, note once you have passed the test, any previous penalty points still remain effective three years from the date of the offence.

If you’re disqualified from driving by the Court, you will have to wait until the length of your driving disqualification has passed before you can reapply for a driving licence. However, in most circumstances, you will not have to retake your theory test or practical exam.

Most insurance providers consider convicted drivers to be a greater risk to insure, so it’s possible that your vehicle insurance will be affected, but it depends on your insurer. The most likely outcome is that you will face higher insurance premiums when you’re back on the road.

Yes, you can still receive points on your provisional licence before passing your driving test. Any endorsements you accumulate as a learner driver that haven’t expired will transfer over after passing the practical test. They will be added to your 6 penalty points limit of your two-year probationary period. If you get 6 points on your provisional licence, you can still sit your practical test, but any more penalty points accumulated means that your licence will be immediately revoked.

If your licence has been revoked and you continue to drive after this, then you will become liable for further more serious offences. You will also be driving with invalid car insurance.
As you will be on a provisional licence, you will be required to drive in a car with L plates and under the supervision of a qualified driver over the age of 21 who has been in possession of a full clean driving licence for three years.

If you have reached a total of 6 penalty points in your 2-year probation period as a new driver there, the authorities are under no obligation to warn you. The presumption is that you should have knowledge of the new driver Act 1995. However, you will receive a letter from the DVLA giving you five days’ notice of your licence being revoked. If you haven’t heard from the DVLA and want to check if your licence has been revoked, you find this information on the DVLA website.

You can only be subjected to the New Drivers Act one time. If your licence has been revoked, you have applied for a provisional and passed your test again, it no longer applies. But keep in mind that any penalty points you have accumulated remain valid

for three years from the date of your offence. If over a period of three years, you accumulate 12 points, you will be disqualified from driving for six months.

As we have already discussed, getting your car licence revoked is triggered if you receive 6 penalty points on your licence within two years of passing your driving test. You will need to obtain a new provisional licence and resit your test.

A disqualification is normally due to a more serious motoring offence such as drunk driving or under the influence of drugs. You will be banned from driving for a fixed period of time that will depend on the severity of the offence. Typically with a disqualification, you are not expected to retake your driving test. If you are disqualified for less than 56 days, you don’t need to reapply for your driving licence; if more than 56 days, you must reapply.