Do speeding penalties lose public trust in the police?

I recently copped a speeding ticket for exceeding the 70mph limit through the New Forest by what I can only assume was an unmarked vehicle. After two weeks fuming I cooled down and started to rationalise....

How can I trace a driver who damaged our car?

Our car was run into by a Mister XXXXXXXX of Ascot or Bracknell - we only have his phone number: 01344 XXXXXX. We forgot to get his car's registration number. We have phoned him and he says he will not...

Should the police have the power to issue on-the-spot fines for hogging the middle lane?

I have grave misgivings about on-the-spot-fines, as they turn the police into witness, prosecutor and judge rolled into one. A minority of police are over-zealous, target-driven or just wish to impress...

Can the police prosecute people for warning other drivers of speed traps?

You mention that it is not illegal to warn approaching drivers of the hazard of a speed trap, unless the person warned was in fact already speeding. I remember reading recently of a speed trap set up where,...

If a police officer doesn't serve a summons, can a driver plead not guilty and have no case to answer?

A driver is stopped by the police and after the driver's details are obtained the officer says: "You will be reported for driving without reasonable consideration for other road users". Nothing else is...

Why was I convicted of failing to stop for an accident?

Last autumn I joined the A5 from a minor road at a busy large roundabout with five exits. As I left the roundabout I felt the slightest bump on my nearside. Four days later I received a Notice of Intended...

Why was I pulled over for having no insurance after having taken out a new policy?

I renewed my annual car insurance on 4 January. This was done by phone, paid by debit card and the new certificate arrived by post a few days later. The existing policy was scheduled to terminate ten days...

Why are drivers being prosecuted for using phones when they're scratching their ears?

I’m devoting most of this week’s column to an injustice briefly touched upon on 12th January (‘Wrong Arm of the Law’). It seems that drivers are increasingly being bullied into accepting fixed penalties...

Why are people being wrongly prosecuted for using mobile phones when driving?

The letter from CK about being accused of holding and using his mobile phone when he was not, reminded me of an incident involving my brother some years ago. He was driving with his elbow on the window...

My son was wrongly accused of using a mobile phone when driving.

On the above I thought it would encourage readers that there is hope in challenging false accusations. My son was in his first year of driving and in the eleventh month of that year he was accused by a...