How are drivers supposed to know what emergency vehicle is ordering them across a red traffic light?

How is one supposed to know if a police officer is ordering them forward at a red traffic light if you cannot see anything obvious in the rear view mirror? Is sounding their siren enough? In these days...

Must a driver move through a red light if ordered to do so by a police officer?

I refer to MB of Guildford’s enquiry, and to your response, regarding what action to take if you are impeding an emergency vehicle on "blues and twos". He is correct when he says that motorists have been...

Why was my friend prosecuted for picking up a blind lady from a disabled parking bay?

ES wrote that he was exceeding the limit of 50mph by 4mph (8 per cent above). My neighbour received a fixed penalty for driving at 32mph in a 30 limit (6.67 per cent). Another neighbour received a Thames...

Why wasn't this alleged car thief prosecuted?

My wife's Mercedes-Benz was recently broken into while parked in our drive and quite a lot of damage was done to the steering column and an attempt to hotwire it obviously failed. Upon inspection by the...

As a former police officer, this is how we used to deal with erring motorists.

Back in the 1950/60/70s I served in the Traffic Division of Kent Police at various ranks, retiring as a Senior Officer. During my time we dealt with erring motorist in three ways: (1) 'Verbal advice'....

My friend was prosecuted for undertaking - is this entrapment?

A friend was recently prosecuted for dangerous driving, for undertaking an unmarked police car. The A23 is, at that point, a two-lane dual carriageway. With no traffic in sight my friend followed an Audi...

Are police officers limited in what they can do about vehicle crime?

In response to GJ, the thing to remember is that most vehicle crime is provable and clearly defined. The evidence is usually indisputable. Other crimes, however, are not. Police have to think whether there...

Can I clarify that accepting a police caution does give the receiver a criminal record?

I would just like to comment on the email subheaded ‘Unfair Cop’. It is a common misconception that a police caution means being let off. Nothing could be further from the truth. A police caution forms...

What happened to the ACPO speeding guideline of 10 per cent plus 2mph?

A couple of weeks ago your DT column had a letter from someone who had been caught doing 54mph in a 50mph zone. No doubt his speedo was reading nearer 60mph, so there's no real excuse. My Fox’s would have...

In Japan police escort drivers in poor weather - why not in the UK?

Drivers adhering to a safe speed annoy careless drivers who then cause accidents and blame the careful. Driving in Japan in poor weather we saw police cars appear, one in each lane driving abreast, preventing...