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I recently asked the DfT for the legal definition of the terms "parking" and “waiting" and the surprising reply from their Traffic Management Division is that these two terms are not defined in legislation....
I am currently suing our local County Council for the replacement of damaged front and rear tyres on hitting a large pot-hole in the A38 near Burnham-on-Sea, last summer, and I would like your input as...
I have received a Notice of Intended Prosecution telling me that I was travelling at 36mph contrary to ...etc., etc. I can't dispute that. I saw the static camera flash. What I can't get over is that...
Following upon recent correspondence in the IAM magazine, I would appreciate your view on the method of holding an automatic car stationary, with the engine running, for short periods of time whilst in...
Looking on the Internet at the Government's proposals for increases in points for speeding offences, it appears the 2006 accident figures form the basis for the proposals. These show that exceeding the...
I have always been a very firm believer in the safety afforded by seat belts but I am intrigued by a portion of the current COI TV commercial that says that if you don't wear a seatbelt and have a crash...
K.F. of Grimsby makes an inventive defence to speeding: He had to exceed the speed limit to avoid a cyclist. What piffle. I suppose it would have been out of the question to have slowed down to allow...
Speed limit signs should be safety advisory indicators. It is sensible to have speed limits to protect road workers and/or children, but not sensible to enforce them when no road workers are present or...
Please can I have some advice. My husband was forced to keep to the edge of the road as an on coming vehicle came in the opposite direction, there was a big hole in the road and he could not avoid it...
When we were visiting my son in the USA recently, he drove us to a local place of interest. He parked by a meter and put in a dollar. The meter rejected his dollar and proceeded to spew out a further...
 

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