Drivers are not entitled to make the same argument for exceptional hardship within a three-year period.

BBC: 579 drive in Wales with 12 penalty points, says DVLA

"Exceptional hardship is not laid down in law, it's the discretion of magistrates and I think that's right, " he said.

BBC: 579 drive in Wales with 12 penalty points, says DVLA

"What must've happened is that they were able to use second arguments, different arguments, for exceptional hardship and the magistrates accepted it, " he said.

BBC: 579 drive in Wales with 12 penalty points, says DVLA