Whilst some explain electric scooters were legalised for use on British streets 07/2020, this does not apply to every scooter. Hop on an eScotter and take to the road at your own peril; injury and/or legal! E-scooters are classified as ‘powered transporters’. Therefore, they are subject to many legal requirements …
A sobering thought: £70,000 – the potential cost of a drink-drive conviction. Another reason autos & alcohol do not mix …. be sure it is just your whisky (whiskey – Ireland) that is on the rocks this holiday. Read more here For more about the often peaty Islay Whiskies featured …
15/09/2020: Causing the death of another whilst speeding, racing, using a phone or under the influence of drink or drugs, could receive life sentences under new legislation. The sentencing reforms will be introduced in Parliament early next year. A new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving is also …
Motorists condemn ‘confusing’ £2.3million project they fear will cause more accidents: Cyclists have the outer ring on the Cambridge roundabout, with cycle crossings over each of four approach roads There are also zebra crossings over each of the approach roads for pedestrians and motorists must give way A tabloid headline …
EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION ROAD TRAFFIC The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(a). The 5-page document …
31/10/2019 saw NSoRC ‘suspended’; Highways England’s new pricing process, required because the Authority claims to have no repair costs agreed with contractors in many Areas, has been abandoned. The process which assured us of transparency and the insurance industry (Third Parties) receiving the benefit of the rates that the Authority …
Most of us know telling porkie-pies* is just plain wrong, that the truth will come back to bite you and ‘honesty is the best policy’. Others have to learn the hard way … Susan Harries crashed her Audi into a parked car but claimed the (unoccupied) Third Party reversed into …
