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Low-risk speed offences – where your license isn’t at stake – or low speed driving offences typically will not benefit from the presence of a motoring solicitor. In many cases, 3 points is the standard penalty and very little can be done to prevent this occurring. However, in many other cases, a motoring lawyer is highly advisable.
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As a solicitor, you make think it’s in my best interests to advise everybody in any tricky situation with the law to seek legal
help. However, this is not why I got into the business; I got into the business because I like dealing with the truth. When it comes to motoring offences, the truth of the matter is not everybody will benefit from hiring people like me.

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If I asked you to guess the three most common motoring offenses, I’m sure you’d accurately predict speeding as being the most frequent offense. I wonder, however, if you realise just how common the offense is… Read the rest of this entry »

After a series of accidents, the Department for Transport has drawn up plans to tighten the laws that govern the use of mobility vehicles. There are more than 330,000 electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters in use around the country and changes in the law would mean their drivers could face charges for dangerous driving, like other road users. Read the rest of this entry »

In the case that the vehicle you were driving causes damage to a person, a vehicle, an animal or property, you are required by law to sop and provide the following details: your name, your address, the identity mark of the vehicle and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle (if different from your own). Read the rest of this entry »

In some cases, you may find you can escape disqualification from driving on the grounds of either special reasons relating to the specific offence. Read the rest of this entry »

When facing a disqualification from driving, you can sometimes escape the punishment by claiming it will cause you exceptional hardship. However, doing so will likely require a perfectly executed argument, best put forward by motoring solicitors, rather than yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

If a driver accumulates 12 points on their licence within 3 years, they will be disqualified from driving for 6 months; after that period, their licence is returned and all the points are removed. However, this is not the only way to get disqualified from driving. Read the rest of this entry »

If the standard of your driving falls below that expected of a “reasonable, prudent and competent driver”, you can be charged with careless driving (or driving without due care and attention). Read the rest of this entry »

People charged with drink driving make up a large proportion of the work of many motoring solicitors, possibly because not enough people understand what it is. Read the rest of this entry »