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In a few months time, you may be paying TAX on your electric or low-emission car, even if you are currently exempt.
Currently, registered keepers of electric, zero or low emission cars, vans and motorcycles, are exempt from paying VED charges… BUT: The...

James Kirby
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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Drivers... Take your litter home... or face a fine of £150!
Drivers face an immediate fine of £150 is any litter is thrown from their car – even if they didn’t throw it! Our roadsides are covered...

James Kirby
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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New drivers could face restrictions on how – and when – and where – they can use their cars...
The “Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (New Drivers) Bill” will propose restrictions on what new drivers can do in the first 6 months...

James Kirby
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Even in stationary traffic... Don't even touch that phone!!!
Tougher rules on a driver using mobile phones have recently come in. Previously, drivers using their phones at the wheel were fined up to...

James Kirby
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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We've all done this... 😕
It's a YELLOW BOX JUNCTION... and we've been caught on the yellow lines! A number of local councils have now been give new traffic powers...

James Kirby
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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If you run out of fuel... you could be fined £100 !!! Motoring Offences
Have you got enough fuel for your journey? Don't let this motoring offence catch you out. Tough new rules are now in place: Rule 97 of...

James Kirby
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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The Highway Code - Most drivers do not know about the new rules for motorists…
The Highway Code has been updated, and there are new rules, with heavy penalties to enforce them… There is a new hierarchy of road users,...

James Kirby
Jul 10, 20231 min read
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Don't touch that mobile phone!
We all know (or we ought to know!...) that it illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone to make a phone call or send a text while driving....

James Kirby
Sep 7, 20221 min read
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Beckham pleaded guilty by post... you may not have to!
David Beckham recently admitted using his mobile phone whilst driving his Bentley. But the admission was not in a public courtroom, but...

James Kirby
Mar 25, 20191 min read
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Using your phone in the car? You may have a defence!
Using your mobile phone might NOT be illegal! You may have a defence… The law needs to be precise… and if it isn’t, the prosecution may...

James Kirby
Mar 5, 20191 min read
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Drunk in charge of a vehicle in a public place? Not if it’s a private car park!
The law is that a person who drives, or attempts to drive, or is in charge of a vehicle “on a road or other public place” while unfit...

James Kirby
Feb 28, 20191 min read
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Give cyclists a clear berth, or get penalised!
Rule 163 of the Highway Code states that drivers should “give cyclists… at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car”. The...

James Kirby
Feb 26, 20191 min read
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Arresting news for drone owners!
We all saw the chaos at Gatwick before Christmas, when drones flown too close to the runways caused massive delays to thousands of...

James Kirby
Feb 23, 20191 min read
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Upskirting becomes a criminal offence
Upskirting – the practice of covertly putting a camera underneath someone’s clothes, to take a picture of their crotch or buttocks – will...

James Kirby
Feb 11, 20191 min read
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The CPS joins the 21st century on adults watching porn
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced at the end of January 2019, that it will no longer seek to prosecute adults who possess...

James Kirby
Feb 11, 20191 min read
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