# When you get a warning...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517
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**Created:** [December 4, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517 "2013-12-04T21:55:20Z")
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### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517/18 "2014-01-08T18:25:28Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> How long do warnings stay on your record? If you get two warnings say five years apart are you officially a hooligan?

We don’t delete old warnings, but as has been said, we attach less importance to warnings according to how old they are. Two warnings five years apart are no big deal.

Two warnings spread out over five years indicates an occasional lapse.

Three warnings in three weeks means you’re just not listening, and is of much more concern.

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