Free Traffic Legal Advice

Quote from: oscar21 on June 13, 2026, 10:12:17 am

The offence is crossing the stop line on a red light, so if you are already past the stop line on green then no offence as far as I know, however driving headlong into traffic that has now got a green light going the other way could possibly land you in trouble.

Indeed, and the offence is committed if any part of the car crosses the line. It can be difficult, if not impossible, for a driver to see whether the rear bumper has cleared the line.

Car had fully crossed the line and from those lines to the threshold of yellow box there was space for at least cars.

hi folks,

As usually I am bringing another interesting topic regarding a wild driving habit which has become now an endemic. Most of us must have experienced that whenever you want to change the lane after calculating the safe distance then some drivers coming from behind starts over speeding to prevent this manoeuvre. Maybe those live in quieter areas have slightly different experience. So how best to deal those  despicable drivers.

It seems that labelling summer or winter is just marketing tactics but obviously summer formula wouldn't be effective in winter. Prestone is no 1 brand with only £2 more expensive than ordinary ones but it contains all essential ingredients which eliminate dirt, grease & grime. Can remaining washing liquid be rubbed manually on wiper blades rubber to clean it. And can same screen wash be used on the glass of side windows with microfiber cloth.

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Very hell raising dilemma has arisen and not sure who to blame. 11 years old japaneese car was bought few months ago obviously with naturally occurring marks on it. But now after using tesco thorough soapy jet wash (self wash), few more scratches are now visible. Prima facie, it has been caused by tesco's faulty soap brush. But still it is coming to mind that maybe the seller had used filler/wax/polish which now is expunged. Should tesco be contacted for compensation or their pump service provider or simply buy paint to repair scratches by myself with the resolve to never use self wash again except water jet which operates from far.

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I know everyone will have varying experiences about their breakdown cover's provider. But still there must be somewhere consensus that who is much better than others. As we all know that there are couple of big brands who have their own patroling team. On the other hand there are breakdown cover providers who uses local garages. So, which one ideally should be preferred  given the fact that latter one is amassing more positive reviews (not sure why).

It's real situation not hypothetical. If it is difficult to prove that you have received notice later than 14 days then how the parking company can prove that they have genuinely sent on the date that they printed on notice. These notices aren't sent by recorded delivery or even with the first class stamp but through cheapest means.

If the notice is given under paragraph 9(2)(f) of schedule 4 of protection of freedom act 2012, then if that parking charge arrives after 14 days then would that be valid?

tenancy agreement is silent about parking but management did give notices few months ago of introducing the private parking company. And the management company is a freeholder of the block of flats and is private ltd perhaps comprise on couple of people. Worth mentioning that parking company is IPC affiliated and can take data from DVLA. Can these companies follow all the way to court after threatening letters.