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Now the hot weather season has descended on us, it has also brought with it idiots that leave dogs in their cars with insufficient ventilation. I witnessed this yesterday in the car park at Burnham Bridges...
If a policeman stops you and asks to see your insurance documents, and does NOT give you any written piece of paper to ask you to take them along to the local police station, but, asks you to 'pop in'...
Recently I was stopped by an unmarked police car and accused of using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving. In fact my Peugeot has built-in handsfree and in any case my phone was in my pocket and certainly...
A case reported in our local press has left me confused and wondering what the motorist's rights are. A motorist broke down on a hill on a dual carriageway. They contacted their motoring organisation and...
A delivery driver who works next door to me, told of an incident about two weeks ago. He was driving his car to work in South London when he was stopped at a Police ANPR checkpoint and asked for his driving...
I must report to you an alarming trend that I have noticed over the last two years. When we have a police incident, they shut the road down for anything up to two days. Last week I was going home to Shere,...
The MoT on my 2003 Jaguar X-Type 3.0l Sport Manual expired on Wednesday. Last week I booked it into an MoT centre in Bath and took it there on Monday. I was very confident that it would sail through -...
Recently I asked you whether it was legal for someone to park opposite a solid white line on a main road. I was grateful for your advice which advised me that it was not legal if passing cars have to cross...
I was recently stopped for a speeding with a hand-held laser device. It registered that I was doing 41mph in a 30mph zone. I was flagged down and given a producer by the police. However, when I went to...
I was banned from driving for three years in 2007 and my ban is about to expire in July 2010. I phoned the DVLA and enquired about reapplying for my licence, only for them to tell me that they have no...
 

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