Motoring Offences

New figures, from between 2009 and the beginning of 2011, have revealed that a number of 15 year old children have been caught drink driving. Drivers in the UK cannot apply for a provisional driving licence until they are 17 years of age and it has come as a shock that 15 years olds have [...]

In 2010 it was seen that there was a 35% decrease in deaths caused by drink drivers compared to 2009. The total number of drink driving related deaths in 2009 totalled 380 whilst in 2010 there were 250 fatalities. Serious and slight injuries caused by drunk drivers have also decreased. Although these figures show promise, [...]

Lancashire’s 285 speed cameras recording different driving offences are to be published on the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety website. These figures will be put onto the site on Wednesday and will be updated by the police and the council annually. As well as showing the driving offences that have been committed, the number of [...]

Bolton News launched their Drive for Justice campaign last year after a man caused serious injury to a young girl due to dangerous driving and received a 26 month sentence. David Cameron has stated that he believes this area of the law needs to be reviewed as the sentencing for dangerous driving offences is sometimes [...]