Facing an allegation like careless driving is a frightening experience. If you are disqualified from driving how will it affect you? Will you still be able to do your work, and if not how will you be able to pay the mortgage or your rent? How can you...
Do I need a solicitor before my hearing date? If you are accused of any motoring offence, you have to decide first whether you will plead guilty or not guilty. You should do this before your hearing takes place because the Magistrates Court normally will...
What is a “Notice Of Proposed Driving Disqualification”? Many people are very confused when they receive such a document and wonder what it means. You may be sent a “Notice Of Proposed Driving Disqualification”...
How many penalty points can I have before I am disqualified? The law states that if you commit offences within three years of each other, and the total number of penalty points you receive for these offences amount to twelve or more , then you...
Updated 12th July 2018 Why have I received a Notice of Intended Prosecution? These days you probably won’t be aware at the time that you have been caught committing a motoring offence, such as speeding or going through a red light , as a...
If I am guilty of a motoring offence will I get a criminal conviction? When anybody is found guilty, or pleads guilty, to any motoring offence before the Magistrates or Crown Court they will then have a criminal conviction, even if this is for a...
Penalties for using a mobile phone whilst driving have doubled. As from today, a driver caught using a mobile when at the wheel will have 6 penalty points imposed on their driving licence instead of the previous 3 points. Fines imposed will...
Do you enjoy driving? Should it matter if we lost our skills at the wheel? One day soon, instead of mastering the art of driving through learning, practice and experience, we will whistle up a self-driving autonomous car instead which will whisk...
Earlier in September this year the government announced that penalties for using mobile phones while driving would double in 2017. However, what happens to a driver when distraction by a mobile phone leads to them cause a serious road...
Speed cameras on local roads are already yellow, but on major highways they are often grey, and sometimes hidden behind an overhead gantry. The transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin recently announced that by October 2016 all cameras on...
