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
Using a vehicle without insurance
Under section 143(1)(a) RTA 1988 "a person must not use a motor vehicle on a road or other public place unless there is in force in relation to the use of that vehicle by that person a policy of insurance ".
Under section 145 the policy must be issued by an authorised insurer and must insure for death or bodily injury to any person, or damage to property, caused by, or arising out of, the use of a vehicle on a road in Great Britain, i.e. third party insurance.
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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