
Check Your Driving Licence Points: DVLA & DVA Guide
Check your driving licence points free via DVLA (Great Britain) or DVA/nidirect (Northern Ireland), and how to share a check code with someone else.
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Check your driving licence points free via DVLA (Great Britain) or DVA/nidirect (Northern Ireland), and how to share a check code with someone else.

How the Dart Charge works, what a car costs to cross the Dartford Crossing, and the PCN fines (£35 to £105) if you miss the payment deadline.

Are dash cams legal in the UK? Yes. How footage becomes police evidence via Operation Snap, when UK GDPR applies, and the rules for mounting one.

The UK drink drive limit is 80mg per 100ml blood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but only 50mg in Scotland. Breath and urine limits explained.

Driving without insurance in the UK: the £300/6-point fixed penalty, unlimited court fines, vehicle seizure, Continuous Insurance Enforcement and SORN.

England is the only UK nation running live rental e-scooter trials. What SI 2020/663 actually allows, who can ride, where, and the penalties for private use.

London's e-scooter rules explained: the 11 TfL trial boroughs, the 12.5 mph speed cap and 18+ age rule, the Tube carriage ban, and penalties for private use.

Private e-scooters are illegal on Scottish public land and no rental trial has ever launched. See the legal position, Police Scotland enforcement data, and penalties.

Every area where England runs a live rental e-scooter trial, per the Department for Transport's own guidance, with confirmed operators where verified and the 2028 end date.

UK law on using a phone while driving: what's banned since 25 March 2022, the £200/6-point penalty, hands-free rules, and the two narrow exceptions.

Northern Ireland e-scooter law runs on its own statute book. Legal status, PSNI seizure powers, penalties and the pending Justice Bill amendment explained.

How to appeal a council PCN: informal challenge, 28-day representations, Notice of Rejection, and Traffic Penalty Tribunal or London Tribunals.

How UK penalty points work: the 12-point totting-up ban, new-driver revocation at 6 points, how long endorsements last, and codes like SP30 and DR10.

Appeal a private parking charge for free via POPLA or IAS, using the 2025 Single Code of Practice's £100 cap and valid grounds to challenge it.

How the UK speed awareness course works: eligibility, the typical £80 to £100 fee, what happens if you decline, and how it differs from points.

How UK speeding fines work: the £100 fixed penalty, Sentencing Council bands A-C, and the £1,000 (£2,500 motorway) fine cap for England and Wales.

UK drink driving ban penalties: minimum 12-month disqualification, unlimited fine, DR10 endorsement, the rehab course and High Risk Offender rules.

UK driving law explained: speeding fines and points, the drink-drive limit (lower in Scotland), insurance, parking tickets, and how to appeal.

UK e-scooter law: why private e-scooters are illegal in public, how England's rental trials work, the penalties, and how rules differ across the four nations.

Wales has never had an e-scooter rental trial. The legal position for private e-scooters, why no trial exists, and what Welsh police forces actually enforce.

UK window tint law: front windscreen needs at least 75% VLT, front side windows 70%. No legal limit on rear windows. How police check it.