I've had the same happen in reverse, he said he was going to give me a ticket, however, he changed his mind after seeing I had a professional class C license with no previous tickets.
Professional drivers can lose their job or at least impact their employment if they get a ticket.
So in short yes a previous record of infringement can and most likely will change things.
The police can see it has been 8 or 10 years but they don't know maybe you've been lucky and just not caught for the last 8 years. Make it 10 before you get another that will help.
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I've had the same happen in reverse, he said he was going to give me a ticket, however, he changed his mind after seeing I had a professional class C license with no previous tickets.
Professional drivers can lose their job or at least impact their employment if they get a ticket.
So in short yes a previous record of infringement can and most likely will change things.
The police can see it has been 8 or 10 years but they don't know maybe you've been lucky and just not caught for the last 8 years. Make it 10 before you get another that will help.