Index of Terms
- Being in charge of a vehicle with excess alcohol
- Careless driving/driving without due care
- Court process and procedure
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Codes used on licence endorsement
- Disqualification from driving
- Drink Driving
- Failing to provide a specimen of breath
- Failing to stop/report an accident
- Fixed penalty notice
- Magistrates’ Court
- Mitigation
- Mobile Phone use
- Notice of Intended Prosecution
- Penalty Points
- Road or other public place
- Seat belts
- Speeding
- Summons
- Time limits the police must comply with to prosecute you
- Traffic lights
- Totting up
- Using a vehicle without insurance
Index of terms
Legal terms can be confusing, but from this page you will be able to find many of these terms explained in plain English with full explanations.
This includes not only an offence you may have been charged with, but also some of the language used in correspondence from the Police and the Courts.
Driving Law believes that the more information our clients have the more successful we will be at avoiding disqualification or disproportionate penalties.
Common Offences
Some of the things we can help with:
- Drink Driving
- Speeding
- Driving without a seat belt
- Driving without insurance
- Careless driving/driving without due care
- Failing to provide a specimen of breath
- Failing to stop/report an accident
- Mobile phone use
- Using a vehicle without insurance
- Driving while disqualified
For more information please view full list of driving law offences
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