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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 travel widely in West Dorset and East Devon and over the last few months the authorities have spent an enormous amount of money adjusting pavements and then painting bright yellow 'Bus Stop' signs on...
About twice a week I join a two-lane dual carriageway from a single carriageway road that joins it at right angles at a roundabout. Several times over the years I have nearly been hit by a car from the...
I live in the London Borough Of Ealing and received a parking ticket for parking my motorbike on the pavement against a big U shaped bracket for locking bikes to, whilst I went into the bank. I received...
Please can you explain to me where I am going wrong? Yesterday, whilst driving around a roundabout, a car came from my off side, (I was travelling around on the left hand lane) and attempted to access...
My wife who, at eighty two, is soon to take an Advanced Driving Test with the Institute of Advanced Driving, plans to change her manual Jazz for an auto. We understand, however, that the new Jazz auto...
Yesterday, my wife hit a pothole in a road. Her car now requires a new alloy wheel and tyre. How do we go about making a claim against the Council responsible for maintaining the road and what evidence/documentation...
Does hi-vis clothing have to be a jacket with sleeves or is a waistcoat OK in France?
I was driving along the road and I needed to pull over after a junction. I was always told that you must indicate when you pull over so I started to indicate as I was passing the junction and another driver...
I was reading through one of your website posts about traffic lights as I have a concern myself. I've been told not to worry but as I have only been driving for a year not worrying is very hard to do....