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I was told recently by a bank official that if I were to present a cheque showing decimal parts of a penny, that it would be considered invalid, even bordering on illegal, as it was not, in effect, using...
I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) including photographs of my vehicle entering and leaving a carpark that alleges a parking contravention has occurred involving this vehicle due to a 72 minute extended...
Normally when I read the complaints of motorists fined for various minor speeding or parking offences on your page in the Motoring section of the Saturday Telegraph I adopt the view that if the rules are...
A very dear friend of mine has to appear in court later this month charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath. If found guilty, she will receive a driving ban. In this event, I have offered to...
I have lived in Hong Kong for the last 18 years and, of course, hold an HK driving licence. I still have a UK driving licence of the green paper variety, which states that it is valid until my 70th birthday...
Can you explain why a VW Caravelle falls into a Car taxation bracket and therefore high VED banding when they are a derivative of the Transporter that is a PLG class and has the much lower road tax. Incidentally...
A few months back my neighbour asked me if I would be willing to store his teenage son's car in my side passage. I spoke to my neighbour on the other side, with whom I jointly own the passage, she said...
As an engineer and a regular reader of your splendid column, I was interested by two recent correspondents, who presented opposing views regarding road speed, safety and the law, to do a little research...
I've been duped in to buying a stolen car, which I have no doubt will be taken away by the police and returned to the owner and I'll be out of pocket by £11,500. The seller has now disappeared so I can't...
I have been reading your column with interest regarding the renewal of 'credit card driving licenses'. Like you, my wife and I were sent renewal forms and paid our £17.50 each and they were received within...
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