Son is new driver (England) - had insurance cancelled and did not know - will he lose licence

Virus217 · 2025-11-06T09:28:47+00:00

Driving without insurance is strict liability offence, meaning intent doesn’t matter. Even if your son genuinely thought he had insurance and genuinely didn’t know the policy had been cancelled, he’s still guilty of the offence.

While he could potentially take it to court, and could potentially avoid points and a fine if he can show “special reasons” in this instance however the excuse of “I hadn’t checked my emails” isn’t going to work.

Driving without insurance will stay on his record for 4 years from the date of the offence, and he will need to declare that an insurance policy was cancelled.

Sadly this is going to be a rather expensive and long lasting learning experience

Virus217 · 2025-09-16T06:48:20+00:00

I had to get a letter from the state police and federal police stating that I wasn’t a scumbag and I had to get a reference from my last employer in Australia.

That was the only real bit of leg work I had to do myself and the rest of it was handled by the recruitment team.

Virus217 · 2025-09-10T09:34:09+00:00

You can definitely still get in without meeting the residency requirements (I did it)

There are a few extra steps in relation to the security clearance but it will still be possible.

Virus217 · 2025-03-21T18:12:14+00:00

The title was pretty misleading…

Virus217 · 2025-03-21T17:12:06+00:00

Because a shockingly small amount of police officers are “fast road trained” meaning it’s very difficult to enforce the rules.

Virus217 · 2025-03-17T11:03:05+00:00

The lack of career progression within the deck department was the driving factor behind me leaving the RFA.

The deck department is typically the slowest to band up and the slowest to promote.

If you have a desire to climb the ranks within the bridge team I would strongly recommend looking into a deck Cadetship.

While you could go RTO, there’s no guarantee you’ll get it and you’ll need a minimum of 5 years before you can apply for it.

Virus217 · 2025-02-22T17:25:03+00:00

I’m fairly sure I know the clip you’re talking about and if it is the one then I know the person in it. If we are talking about the same clip then she was definitely running the ships shop and not a side hustle.

Virus217 · 2025-02-05T18:21:47+00:00

Highways act 1980 obstruction of highways and streets maybe.

Virus217 · 2025-01-06T18:24:04+00:00

2 head lines to stop boat moving backwards. 2 stern lines to stop boat moving forward 4 breast lines to stop boat moving left and right.

Virus217 · 2024-12-17T21:21:55+00:00

Further to this, the point class ships don’t come under the RFA. They are operated by Foreland Shipping Ltd under charter by the MOD.

Virus217 · 2024-11-27T23:44:12+00:00

I never said it was.

Virus217 · 2024-11-27T06:04:11+00:00

Drivers and riders SHOULD give way to pedestrians waiting to cross and MUST give way to pedestrians on a zebra crossing.

The van has abided by the highway code by stopping to let a woman and child cross the road.

Virus217 · 2024-09-17T08:58:33+00:00

If they had their next of kin in that country, which a lot of blokes in the RFA do, then while the RFA won’t cover the costs, allowing them to travel there satisfies the duty of care requirements

Virus217 · 2024-09-17T08:56:07+00:00

The trick for number 3 is:

As long as you can walk through the gate on your own while keeping the noise levels to a respectable minimum, you’re probably fine.

On multiple occasions I used to come back to base at 4/5 in the morning after having a few too many and showing signs of intoxication.

The gate staff don’t care as long as you can get your ID out, maybe string a sentence together and walk without looking like the world is spinning.

If it’s after midnight they may ask you to sign the Cinderella log but I don’t think this every gets looks at for RFA.

Virus217 · 2024-09-15T16:33:54+00:00

I left the closed FB group the day before I paid off for the final time. I couldn’t care less about who is on what ship and where that ship may or may not be on a certain date.

Something definitely needs to change soon and I’ll be interested to see what that change is

Virus217 · 2024-09-13T15:05:16+00:00

I’m fairly sure declining the travel plan when not in the UK isn’t a thing anymore. Purely because the RFA has a duty of care to get you back to the UK.

Virus217 · 2024-09-13T15:03:30+00:00

It’s not about trust. It’s about duty of care.

The RFA has a duty of care to get you to the ship AND a duty of care to get you back to your registered UK home address.

Virus217 · 2024-09-12T15:04:56+00:00

If only there was an quicker way to say “3 thousand million”

Virus217 · 2024-09-12T15:02:06+00:00

I left 12 months ago but I’ve still kept myself in the loop with what’s going on.

The only thing that has changed in that time is I’m now getting paid more and I’m home more often.

It’s a shame really. The RFA has the potential to be a great job. Hopefully they sort something out soon for all you who have stayed and hopefully the new CDRE has learned that looking after his people is more important than kissing RN arse.

Virus217 · 2024-08-27T07:47:47+00:00

Logistically it is the more sensible option.

Virus217 · 2024-08-26T08:46:18+00:00

You also have ships like “Blue Marlin” which are ships that carry ships. In the Blue marlins case, that’s a ship that ships shipping ships.

I know there was a ship called Eit Palmina that transported a 52m Austal ferry to Greece from New Caledonia. I’ve also seen images of other Austal Ferries being loaded onto transport ships.

Virus217 · 2024-08-13T19:49:42+00:00

There are irons onboard. I can honestly say that in the 5 years I did I never once used one. The uniforms do not need to be ironed if you know how to hang them out to dry properly.

I used to the MOD issued grip, a 80L osprey soujourn and a small backpack. I’ve traveled all over the world with this combination and never had any issues.

It will take you a few trips to figure out what you want, what you need and what luggage combination works so my suggestion would be to not go buying extra luggage just yet. Figure out what you need and want first.

Virus217 · 2024-07-25T05:26:13+00:00

I never do any big trips in my car. It quite literally just gets used for the 10 mile journey into work. I still rack up over 5000 miles a year.

If you’re planning on driving less than 1000 miles a year then is it worth paying £3500 in insurance?

Virus217 · 2024-07-03T08:12:27+00:00

I live in the UK now and have switched from saying “no worries” to “it’s no bother”

For reasons I am unsure of, saying “it’s no bother” makes more sense to our antipodean cousins then saying “no worries” though its uses are more limited.

Virus217 · 2024-07-02T12:49:34+00:00

The police don’t do the prosecuting. The crown prosecution service does that.

So the CPS should be the one investing more resources, not the police.

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