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Your advice to KS who was speeding to his pregnant wife fortuitously comes after a report in the Daily Telegraph of a police officer caught driving at 68mph in a 30mph zone because his baby was sick. He...
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...
I am in dispute with Nissan in Basingstoke because they sold my wife a Micra on the basis of no model changes inside a year from the date of purchase, and she signed the purchase order 4 days after the...
My daughters friend’s boyfriend agreed to purchase a Honda Legend and a Mitsubishi Shogun from a man he knew where he works at a city bank. The cars were imports direct from Japan at silly prices. The...
Believe it or not, I was stopped for driving too well. The police pulled me over as I was driving at 29 mph and they suspected I could be under the influence of alcohol (which I was not). But they did...
I was wondering if you could help me please. I have a court order in my favour for loss of earnings as a result of a car accident but the summons has been returned marked, "Not known at this address"....
I have been caught doing 103mph while my wife was pregnant and was in pain. She texted me while I was on a job and I drove back home in a panic. I told the officer all of this. He said you’ll be getting...
Here is an example of how large amounts of taxpayers’ money is wasted when Councils refuse to use commonsense after the smallest infringements of traffic law. I parked outside my daughter's house displaying...
I know you've had queries on private parking contractors before, but this one's a bit different. On Friday 12 February I parked at Leigh Delamere Westbound Services on the M4. Knowing I would exceed the...
I have now heard from the Ministry of Justice regarding the situation over motorists defence costs. I would summarize proposal 2009 No. 2720 as follows: A Court may make a Defendant's Cost Order on application...