Motoring Offences Blog

The Government has announced new plans to increase the maximum fines for a variety of offences dealt with in the Magistrates Courts. The new plans will allow the Courts to levy much larger fines on offenders as a punitive measure. The main targets of the...

The well known Freedom of Information Act has now been able to show the true speeds reached by the drivers of this country in new data released recently. The public are often only aware of those cases that appear in the news and the higher speeds recorded...

The Association of Chief Police Officers is seeking to kick drink driving out of England and Wales during this summer’s World Cup. A month-long drink and drug enforcement campaign is being launched by the association which will result in an increase...

Lee Ryan attended Ealing Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath and criminal damage. The pop star who is a member of boy band, Blue, was arrested at 5.30 am on a Friday morning after being pulled over by police...

In a recent Freedom of Information request made to the DVLA, it was disclosed that 10,797 new drivers had their driving licence revoked in 2012. New drivers are classified as those who have held their full UK licence for less than two years. If they...

The most recent research carried out by the RAC has concluded that one in 20 drivers suffer from sleep apnoea syndrome. The condition can be responsible for people falling asleep at the wheel and would lead to a highly dangerous driving situation. Further...

Professor Green admitted to drink driving at Bromley Magistrates Court last week, after he was arrested for the offence back in 2013. The rapper, whose real name is Stephen Manderson, said that he had been mugged when arriving home after a night out with...

Kristina Long, who was crowned the first official Miss Bolton in 2010, has now been jailed for a hit and run incident when she was drunk behind the wheel. On the night of the incident Miss Long, who worked at a law firm at the time, had been at her work...

The M3 motorway has become the latest victim of the European Union and has been earmarked to have its speed limit reduced to 60 mph.  The speed limit laws of the UK that apply to motorists have been set in stone for a very long time and yet the powers...

Several police forces have begun an initiative of naming people charged with drink driving, and even publishing their addresses. Whilst there will undoubtedly be people who say that this is a good development and those who choose to break the law should be...