- Business transport offences
- Careless driving
- Dangerous driving
- Drink driving/excess alcohol
- Drunk in charge
- Exceptional hardship
- Mobile phone use
- Notices of intended prosecution
- Penalty points/totting up
- Remove disqualification
- Special reasons
- Speed cameras and furnishing information
- Speeding
- Traffic light offences
Traffic Lights and Signs
Traffic Light Offences
Many of these prosecutions begin in the same way as prosecutions for speeding.
You may receive in the first instance a notice of intended prosecution. Once again, we would advise you not to do anything with it until you have spoken to us first.
Where a summons has been issued and the facts are disputed, it is important to get professional advice at an early stage.
The maximum penalty is a discretionary disqualification or 3 penalty points.
Contravening traffic signs and signals, road signs and markings
A number of these offences are subject to a penalty involving a discretionary disqualification or 3 points.
The colour, size and type of traffic signs are prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.
It is no defence that a driver did not see the sign, but a defect in the vehicle of which the driver did not know and could not have previously discovered by the exercise of reasonable prudence might afford a defence to charges of disobeying police signals and traffic signs.
Double white lines must comply with the regulations and, if they do not, the person contravening them commits no offence, even if the lines are a readily recognisable as double white lines. However, a trivial departure from the requirements of the regulations will not provide immunity from prosecution.
We are able to advise you in detail in relation to an alleged breach of any of these regulations.