Archive for February, 2010

Failing to identify the driver

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The most common circumstances where you can be charged with failing to identify the driver is with speeding offences from Gatso Cameras, usually involving company cars (more…)

Scottish speeding biker given support by Police

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Police offered a letter of support for a man charged with Dangerous Driving by overtaking a line of traffic at 117mph (more…)

Government to promote cycling

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

A new strategy that plans to place cycling at the centre of local transport aims to reduce car usage (more…)

Police criticised for using Aircraft to convict road marking offence

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Cheshire Constabulary used a £300,000 aeroplane to photograph line markings on the A55 to help convict a white line road marking offence (more…)

Irish speeding loophole to close

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

A quirk in the Irish court system that allowed over 17,000 drivers to avoid penalty points on their licence is to be closed (more…)

HGV driver eats Tachograph discs

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

A Swiss HGV driver who was stopped by Police for speeding ate his tachograph discs to avoid prosecution (more…)

Civil Aviation Authority ground Police drone

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Merseyside Police have had their £40,000 Radio Control ‘Eye in the Sky’ chopper grounded by the CAA (more…)

Police escape prosecution for speeding

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that out of nearly 90,000 incidents of Police speeding; only 158 were prosecuted (more…)

Top 10 areas for uninsured drivers

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Statistics by one of the major online insurance quote websites has revealed the worst 10 areas for driving without insurance (more…)

Traffic Officers prevented motorway tragedy

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Traffic Officers in Manchester were thanked by driver who followed their advice (more…)