As an expert defending speeding offences, our managing director and solicitor, Matthew Miller is well used to identifying the kind of technical points that can result in a motoring charge being dismissed. So what happened when he was charged with speeding at 36mph in a 30mph limit? “I remember the incident well. It was a wide open… Read more »
Speeding tickets explained
Unfortunately they’re is no magic formula to tell you ‘how to get off a speeding ticket’. A speeding ticket can be one of two things. If a vehicle alleged to have been speeding is stopped by the police at the time of the offence, a conditional offer of a fixed penalty of 3 points and… Read more »
Motoring Offence Loopholes
There are some common misconceptions about so called “loopholes” within the law surrounding motoring offences such as speeding and drink driving. Minor factual discrepancies such as a slight spelling mistake on a fixed penalty ticket or charge sheet or a police officer recording a digit from a registration plate incorrectly are very common. Unfortunately, they… Read more »
Speeding Solicitors – Beware Roads With No Speed Limit Signage
As a specialist firm of speeding solicitors, I regularly receive calls from people who are alleged to have committed speeding offences where they have made genuine mistakes as to the speed limit in force at the time. This seems to be particularly common in 30mph limits which are known as restricted roads. One such example… Read more »
Speeding Offence Lawyers – What is a Speed Awareness Course?
If you have recently received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for a minor speeding offence and have admitted to being the driver, you may be offered a speed awareness course as an alternative to a fixed penalty summons or Court requisition. Courses are only offered where the speed is not more than 10 % + 9mph… Read more »