We occasionally receive enquiries from motorists who ask (usually when they are at risk of totting up or having their licence revoked) whether someone else can take their speeding points. This article explains why that is never a good idea. Can Someone Else Take Your Speeding Points? No. A driver must not persuade or pay … Continue reading Can Someone Else Take Your Speeding Points in the UK?
Overview: Our client came to Ashworth Motoring Law facing two separate allegations arising from the same incident: a speeding allegation and an allegation of failing to provide driver information. He accepted from the outset that he had been the driver on the day in question. What he did not accept was the suggestion that he … Continue reading Section 172 Failure To Identify The Driver Allegation Dropped At Court
Overview: Our client, a self-employed mortgage consultant from Essex, faced a speeding matter at Colchester Magistrates’ Court. Because he already had 9 active penalty points on his licence, a further 3 points would ordinarily have led to a six-month “totting up” disqualification. Ashworth Motoring Law prepared and presented an exceptional hardship case, and the court … Continue reading Exceptional Hardship Success at Colchester Magistrates’ Court
More and more roads are becoming subject to a 20mph speed limit, indeed more than 50% of London’s roads are subject to a 20mph speed limit, and in Wales, the default speed limit is now 20mph. But is exceeding a 20mph limit treated the same as exceeding a 30mph limit, and can it lead to a ban? … Continue reading Can repeated 20mph speeding offences lead to a driving ban?
Have you heard whispers about a 10% plus 2mph speeding rule? Many drivers assume that they are safe from a speeding conviction if they drive within 10% plus 2mph over the speed limit; This article clarifies the legal position Is the 10% plus 2 mph speed-camera rule law? No. There is no legal right to … Continue reading Is the 10% plus 2 mph speed-camera rule law?
Totting up too many penalty points is the nightmare scenario that most drivers dread. Being caught by one too many speed cameras within a three-year period will result in you having to appear before the Magistrates Court facing a six-month disqualification from driving under the totting up regime. That’s what happened to Mr Davies … Continue reading Totting up case won despite 27 points
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How a speeding offence could turn into a dangerous driving conviction. In this article, Expert motoring law solicitor Alison Ashworth discusses the possible consequences that the 5 motorists per day who are caught speeding over 100mph per day could face
How another of our speeding clients avoided a totting up ban through use of exceptional hardship after reaching twelve points on her driving licence
In a recent case, our client from South West London avoided a six months totting up ban, despite pleading guilty to a speeding offence which should have put him over the totting up threshold thanks to the specialist advice and case strategy deployed by Ashworth Motoring Law. Our client explains: “With six points already, my … Continue reading Speeding offence – long ban avoided
