Driver is jailed for 51st offence – BBC News
“A 35-year-old man has been jailed for eight months and banned for driving for five years for his 51st offence of driving while disqualified.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: road traffic offences
Family ‘advised to lie over speeding fines’ – Daily Telegraph
“The right-hand man of Nick Freeman, the celebrity lawyer, advised a wealthy family to lie to magistrates and police to avoid paying a speeding fine, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Plan to allow road breath tests in court – Daily Telegraph
“Drink-drivers could be prosecuted on the basis of a roadside breath test for the first time as the Government considers dropping the need for motorists to face a back-up test at a police station.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drunk squire used dead man’s name – The Times
“A squire who tried to save his family’s reputation by giving police the name of a dead friend after he was caught drink-driving has been jailed for six months for perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mr Loophole patents his nickname – The Times
“Nick Freeman, lawyer and hero to scores of terrible drivers, has trademarked his nickname to ensure that no one else can move in on his niche as the celebrity world’s ‘Mr Loophole’.”
The Times, 6th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Driver faked death to avoid fines – BBC News
“Road safety experts have condemned a driver who faked his own death to avoid paying £180 in speeding fines.”
BBC News, 21st January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Speeding driver plans legal move – BBC News
“A motorist caught by a speed camera that turned out to be operating illegally plans to sue.”
BBC News, 15th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Consultation sentencing guideline and advice on driving offences – causing death by driving – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“The Sentencing Guidelines Council published a consultation guideline on the sentencing of adult offenders convicted of a causing death by driving offence, on 9 January 2008. The Sentencing Advisory Panel also published its advice on this subject on the same day. The Panel also published the report of research into attitudes to the sentencing of these offences:
Consultation guideline: Causing death by driving
Covering letter for causing death by driving consultation guideline
Advice: Driving offences – causing death by driving
Press notice for causing death by driving consultation guideline and advice
Research report: Attitudes to the sentencing of offences involving death by driving
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 10th January 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Careless drivers who kill face up to three years in jail – The Guardian
“Motorists who kill through carelessness will face jail sentences for the first time when the new offence of causing death by careless driving comes into force in March or April.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail – Daily Telegraph
“Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail under new sentencing guidelines for the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Guilty verdict for lorry driver – BBC News
“A lorry driver has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a family of four when he fell asleep at the wheel.”
BBC News, 7th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anger as fines from speed cameras soar – Daily Telegraph
“Almost two million speeding tickets are being issued to motorists each year following Labour’s vast expansion of the speed camera network, official figures disclosed last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police chief ‘wasted court’s time’ – The Times
“Britain’s most senior traffic policeman has been criticised for wasting court time after he failed to answer a speeding charge yesterday, claiming that he had still not found a solicitor to represent him.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Speed penalty point plan attacked – BBC News
“Plans to increase penalty points for speeding motorists could ‘criminalise’ a large section of the UK’s workforce, driving instructors have warned.”
BBC News, 19th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law reaches out to foreign drivers who dodge fines – The Times
“Foreign drivers will be traced and forced to pay parking, bus lane and congestion charge fines, under a Government plan to address the problem of 700,000 unpaid penalties issued annually to vehicles that are registered overseas.”
The Times, 9th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Penalty points double for speeding drivers – The Times
“Motorists face being banned from driving for only two speeding offences under a government plan to double the fixed penalty for exceeding the limit by a wide margin, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 9th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Driver on mobile jailed for two years – The Times
“A single mother of four, one of whom is disabled, has been jailed for two years for killing an 80-year-old pedestrian while using her mobile phone at the wheel of her 4×4.”
The Times, 30th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Porsche driver clocked at 172mph is jailed – The Times
“A motorist caught travelling at 172mph on an Oxfordshire dual carriageway has been jailed for ten weeks.”
The Times, 25th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Drive to ensure safer roads – Ministry of Justice
“Bad driving is an area of particular concern to the public and today’s provisions in the Road Safety Act 2006 tighten up legislation and ensure offenders do not escape justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th September 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Tough new penalties come into force for driving offences – The Guardian
“Drivers who fail to identify who was behind the wheel when a speeding offence is committed face a heavier penalty under law changes that come into force today. The clampdown on driving offences includes higher maximum fines for careless driving and refusing to stop when flagged down by police.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
