Wife was in hospital with a serious chest infection.

At 2.00am the hospital rang me to say she was having trouble breathing and to come to hospital.
As we were travelling there I passed a number of speed cameras that I know and drove accordingly.

One in particular at a set of signals flashed as I went through on green. I couldn't believe it but I think it was a dual speed camera and red light camera in one box.

The limit was 40 but I had increased to about 50 with nothing on the road at that point.
We got to the hospital but she had sadly died.

She died alone.

Now with all the grieving I now have the prospect of receiving a NIP.
Could I contest this for the situation we were in, and would they show some leniency?
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I plan to buy one of the above shortly. My problem is that the px I will offer is so rare ( an Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Selespeed Sportwagon. With only eight Selespeed GTA's currently known to the DVLA and I don't know how many are saloons or Sportwagons ) that it is impossible to know what value to put upon it. There is a saloon version currently being offered for sale at £22 k,
but that seems to be a tad optimistic. Any other GTA 156 owners out there with a feel for the market ? Read more

Hi, first timer poster here, sorry for the lengthy first post!

We had an issue with our car last year that resulted in the manufacturer paying up to have a new engine fitted; the car was, at the time, 9 years old but had a full service history and the engine failed with a known issue (crankshaft failure, not admitted by the manufacturer though, but very well documented). The local dealer sourced a short engine block, new cylinder heads, timing chains, oil pump etc, and built the engine up using the original external parts, sump, oil pickup, etc. We got the car back in June last year. In March this year, having covered 9000 miles on the new engine, the engine suddenly developed a severe rattle over the space of a couple of minutes and had to be towed back to the dealer; they diagnosed failed big ends due to a lack of oil, making various claims about the condition of the oil and refusing to accept any repsonibility for the failure. They refused to accept my suggestion of bringing in an independant engineering specialist, but instead suggested using The Motor Ombudsman as they are members of their scheme; TMO immediately requested that I appoint an independant engineering specialist, which I did, bearing the entire cost myself. After an examination of the engine and an oil analysis, they confirmed the oil was in perfect condition, indicating it hadn't been run low. The only problem they could identify was silicon contamination at quite a high level in the oil, citing several possible reasons for this, one of which was environmental contamination. TMO has seized upon this part of the report and stated that this was the cause of the failure and the garage were, therefore, not repsonsible. I've been exchanging emails with TMO, providing plenty of evidence that the garage's story holds no water, but they're not changing their opinion.... Read more

I am looking to purchase this car at £7.800 is there anything I should look out for? Any help will be greatly appreciated Read more

I have just had my air con re-gassed however the air con is not coming on now at all - the light comes on but pump doesn't kick in. Any ideas?

The outside temperature reading has broken and is reading -5 degress. Could this be affecting it? Or is it related to the regas?... Read more