NO DANGER TO TRAFFIC OR PEOPLE – BUT R1500 PENALTY
The law book on drink driving, speeding, parking and dangerous driving offences follows strict guidelines which prosecutions must comply with in terms of procedure, legislation and correct operation of specified and approved equipment. Any one of these areas can provide a weak link for us to challenge if there are grounds of malpractice.
On the other [...]
Looks like I'm off the Cheshire Police Christmas card list
Last week I defended Steven Tarry, a Frank Sinatra impersonator from Manchester, who was accused of being spotted by officers using a mobile phone while driving, which carries a three-point penalty and a £60 fine, and veering over a white line on a junction of the A55 – a charge which also carries a £60 [...]
Average speed camera's hit London streets
London motorists beware; it’s no longer the icy roads you have to fear as the capital’s first urban ‘average speed’ cameras are switched on!
Installed mainly on the UK’s motorways and generally perceived more positively than the ‘covert’ speedtrap GATSO, do not underestimate these wolves in sheep clothing. With a bite more costly than their growl, [...]
Looks like Ashley's not driving to South Africa
Under the impression that it’s only the rich and famous who can get off speeding fines scott free? Well think again because not even the D, C, B or even A listers are above and beyond the firm hand of the law as Ashley Cole found out this week. Caught in his Lamborghini clocking 104mph [...]
Mercy dash, but only at 30mph please
This week, I spotted an article from Canada in regard to a doctor who had been issued a speeding ticket. No big deal you may ask? Well it is when you learn that the doctor was actually frantically rushing to perform emergency surgery on a patient who had suffered a heart attack.
Despite explaining the situation, [...]