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If you are convicted of both offences, what “Exceptional Hardship” will you or others suffer. Note the hardship must be exceptional – that is over and above that which everybody might suffer if they were banned?

If you are convicted of both offences, what “Exceptional Hardship” will you or others suffer. Note the hardship must be exceptional – that is over and above that which everybody might suffer if they were banned?

This is where I think I'm at - thank you for asking.

I started a micro business 10 months ago - more successful than I expected - I left my old job which included driving to concentrate on this full time and capitalise on the surprising growth and christmas trade.

I currently have to drive parcels on a daily basis to a Postal drop off point. Parcels are numerous and heavy when in number - but not enough in number to qualify for collection services just yet - that will come within 6 months if growth continues.

The business plan includes multiple 'in person' markets in 2026 to raise our (the business) profile.

The business is just getting to the point it's clearing its start-up debt and on track to begin to pay me in the new year.

If I have to pay a driver - it's with what I would have paid myself and the business will fold once my savings run out. I am 50 single, no dependants (so no real case to make there) mortgage to pay and with 9-12 points - no prospect of getting my old job back, or any of the other obvious choices.

Not sure it's much of a case, but it's where I'm at.

Quote from: Southpaw82 on November 19, 2025, 04:57:51 pm

He seems resistant to actual help.

I'm not sure why you'd feel like that, my understanding is that any interaction with a mobile phone not in a fixed cradle is an offence.

If that's not correct you are welcome to tell me different.

Well, the offence is (crudely) using a mobile phone while driving. You said you weren’t using it. Yet you think you’re guilty. Hence my confusion. But I’m not the one facing a totting up ban so I’m disinclined to pull teeth to help you.

Then stopped same day for having my phone in my hand by a passing patrol car, not using it but that's irrelevant.

You need to say exactly why the phone was in your hand at the time you were seen.
Edited because I missed your explanation before I posted.

... the barrister says take the phone points and go to court on the speeding, if they require it.

With the basis of your defence to the speeding charge being....?

With the assumption being that all the OP was doing was plugging in the charger, I'm surprised the advise is to accept that FP and take the speeding to court to argue EH.

I would have thought a decent traffic lawyer would look at trying to argue the mobile offence down to 'driving a vehicle while not in proper control'. Would see 3 points instead of 6 and possibly negate the need for an EH argument altogether if successful.