Careless Driving, General
The BBC has reported Mobile phone loophole for filming drivers ‘to be closed’ The government plans to close a legal loophole that has allowed drivers who use mobile phones to film or take photographs to escape prosecution. It is illegal for drivers to...
Latest Court Victories, Speeding
Place: Guildford Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr E, who faced a disqualification period of up to 56 days for travelling at 108mph in a 70mph speed restriction area. Mitigation was presented to the Court in an...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving, Drunk in Charge, Latest Court Victories
Place: Barnstaple Magistrates Court Offence: Drunk in Charge of a Motor Vehicle Defence: Mitigation Millars Solicitors were instructed by Mr H who pleaded guilty to the offence of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle. Mr H faced a potential disqualification period...
Latest Court Victories, Speeding
Place: Leicester Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr H, who was travelling at twice the speed limit, at 63mph in a 30mph speed restriction area. Mr H was very concerned about being disqualified. The Magistrates...
Exceptional Hardship Defence, Latest Court Victories, Speeding, Totting Up
Place: Oxford Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding and / or Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence for second time within a 3 year period Defence: Mitigation and Exceptional Hardship Millar’s Solicitors were instructed by Mr H who faced disqualification...
Exceptional Hardship Defence, Latest Court Victories, Totting Up
Place: Bath Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Mr I, who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Exceptional hardship...
Latest Court Victories, Speeding
Place: Northampton Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr N who faced disqualification for a minimum period of 56 days. Mr N was travelling at 112mph in a 70mph speed restriction area. The Magistrates Court Sentencing...
Careless Driving, Failing to report, Failing to Report and Driving without Due Care and Attention / Careless Driving, Failing to stop, Latest Court Victories
Place: Wrexham Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Stop, Failing to Report and Driving without Due Care and Attention / Careless Driving Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr O’H who faced disqualification as a result of two separate offences of...
Driving whilst using a mobile telephone, Exceptional Hardship Defence, Latest Court Victories, Totting Up
Place: Sheffield Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar from Keep My Driving Licence part of Millar’s Solicitors was instructed by Mr W who faced disqualification for a minimum period...
Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News, General
We all know that the police are ever more vigilant on their drink driving campaigns at Christmas however, it has been reported that traffic officers may be targeting female drivers this year. The news seems to come on the back of reports that women are convicted of...
Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
An uninsured drink driver, who ended up driving on tram tracks and causing £6,000 of damage to his week old Mercedes Benz, has received a 17 month driving ban. The drink driver, Maurice Cooney, had to raise the alarm at a nearby office after his car was stranded on...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
A Forklift truck driver banned was caught for a 4th time drink driving has been banned from the road for 40 months. The incident began when 27 year old Gary Prescott was seen driving erratically in the early hours of a Sunday morning. Prescott was stopped by the...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving, Drug Driving
A pilot scheme is being rolled out that will educate drink drivers on the dangers of drug driving. The drug driving education scheme is now being added to the drink drivers rehabilitation course as part of a new initiative. The drink drivers rehabilitation course...
Caught Drink Driving, Dangerous Driving, Drink Driving, Drug Driving
A 20 year old drink driver, whose driving caused the death of his 17 year old passenger, has been handed a 6 year jail sentence. Reports have detailed that the drink driver, 20 year old Tyrone Quinn, had a number of passengers in his BMW when driving through Newcastle...
Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
There has been tragic news that a lawyer who had been arrested for drink driving, decided to take her own life. 32 year old planning lawyer, Karanne Hollow was said to have been “embarrassed” after she crashed her Mercedes Benz into a hedge at 3am. Sadly, she has been...
Drink Driving
A learner driver has been caught drink driving following a “severe” argument with her fiancé. 28 year old Jemima Alexander took her finance’s care without his permission, the morning after they had an argument. The court heard that she did not normally have access to...
Drink Driving
A drink driver who left a trail of destruction as he drove on Christmas Day was told by the court that he “could have killed someone”. The 36 year old driver, Bryce Reid had been driving to excess before he got behind the wheel of his car. So bad was his driving that...
Drink Driving
Drink Driving OAP Who Knocked Down Cyclist Detained By Vigilante A man who was driving near to a 71 year old driver, witnessed him knock over a cyclist and then just carry on driving. Not wanting to let the driver get away away with it, and after checking the cyclist...
Drink Driving
A survey carried out by the British Social Attitude Survey has found that an overwhelming 77% of those people interviewed support a lowering of the drink driving limit in England and Wales. The results of this survey may well come as no surprise as public opinion...
Drink Driving
If you’ve ever woken up after a boozy night out and wondered if you are safe to drive, well there is now a website and app to help. If you have been driving after a night of drinking, the new online calculator claims to be able to tell you how long you should wait...
Drug Driving
It has been reported that a man has been arrested after he failed a roadside drugs test. However, the most distressing issue that he was drug driving with kids in the car at the time. The driver, Ryan Proctor, was pulled over by the police as they noticed the kids...
Drug Driving
A man who tested positive for 3 types of drugs whilst driving has been banned from driving for 12 months. The drugs he failed his test on were cocaine, ketamine and Benzoylecgonine. The driver, Rhys Cox came to the attention of the police as he was seen to be driving...
Drink Driving
A drink driver has been jailed for 3 years after ploughing his van into a pedestrian, merely 2 hours after he was driven home by the police. The driver, Shaun Sainty was travelling in the early hours of the morning to continue a fight from that same day. Driving after...
Drink Driving
An appeal to a drink driving case that has been declared as a having a “unique nature” has been lodged.Aaron Galbraith appeared before Ballymena Magistrates’ Court, charged with a single offence of drink driving.Mr Galbraith’s defence was based on his evidence that he...
Drink Driving, Drug Driving
A Cheltenham man who took a cocktail of drugs drove his car at “insane” speeds and then crashed into a stationary Land Rover has been spared jail at Gloucester Crown Court. The court heard that the driver, Justin Baker had been driving his VW Golf when he took a...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
It has been reported that woman suffered a panic attack whilst being arrested for drink driving after she drove home from a party. The 36 year old driver, Emma Jones, pleaded guilty to drink driving when she appeared at North Devon Magistrates’ Court. The police came...
Drug Driving
The driver, Ami Galliford who was caught drug driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance, with 2 child passengers has had her application for an appeal against her sentence refused. The sentence was borne out of 2 offences. The first offence was...
Drink Driving
It has been reported that 4 drink drivers who were stopped within a period of 5 hours were all over the drink drive limit. They may not sound too unusual, however, the worrying aspect is that all the stops were made at night and all the drivers did not have their...
Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
A woman who was caught drink driving 3 times in 3 weeks, drove her motability car at a police officer who was trying to stop her. The police officer had to jump out of the way for his own safety. Appearing at Somerset Magistrates’ Court, the court heard that...
Drink Driving
Drink Driver Drink Spiked A Huddersfield woman has been banned from driving for 3 years after being caught drink driving twice in less than a month. The driver, 29 year old Laura Crosfield told the court that she started drinking after her father was arrested on...
Drink Driving
A man took his moped for a ride whilst he had been drinking fell off and broke his leg, a court has heard. Police were on patrol when they came across the rider, Bartosz Opalinski, sat on the side of the road with his moped lying beside him. He immediately told police...
Drink Driving
3 Year Drink Driving Ban for man with Rare Personality Disorder A court has dealt with a drink driver who claimed he needed to drink to deal with a rare personality disorder. The driver, Peter Strandring was assessed by medics as suffering from Emotionally Unstable...
Drink Driving
Disqualified drink driver caught helping out a friend A man who had been disqualified from driving for drink driving has been described as being “foolish” for getting back behind the wheel to help his friend. 24 year old James Cook had been banned from driving for 22...
Drink Driving
After a night out drinking it has been reported that a man who was 3 and a half times over the limit ploughed his car into a wall which put his passenger into hospital. 3 times over drink drive limit, the driver, Michael Clark had been out drinking at the pub when he...
Drink Driving
A North Devon farmworker has been banned from driving after he stopped a police officer to ask him directions. Banned for drink driving after asking for directions, the driver, Grant McCarthy was looking for a fast food restaurant when he pulled his motorbike over to...
Caught Drink Driving
Reports in The Sun newspaper have told of an unprecedented road rage incident between a cabbie and a driving instructor. The incident captured on a passerby’s mobile phone shows a person thought to be a mini cab driver, get out of his car and approach a black Ford...
Drink Driving
England rugby star Danny Cipriani was found guilty of drink driving at Westminster magistrates’ Court. When breathalysed back the Wasps fly-half gave a reading of 67mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The drink driving trial for Cipriani has been a protracted one...
Drink Driving
England Rugby star, Danny Cipriani has told the cover that he was “shocked” to find out he was over the drink driving limit when he was breathalysed in June last year. Cipriani was driving his Mercedes Benz at around 5am when it collided with a taxi. When...
Caught Drink Driving, Drug Driving
Crackdown on Drink & Drug Driving Sussex police have a year round drink and drug driving campaign called Operation Dragonfly. It operates the campaign with the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership and targets offenders in a bid to prevent accidents and a make the roads...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
A babysitter who locked a child in the house as he rode a moped over the drink driving limit has been handed down a suspended prison sentence. The drink driving rider, Andrzej Huczuk, made a full confession to the police about the child after they saw him riding a...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
The ex England test cricketer, Alan Mullally has been convicted of his 4th drink driving offence following a car accident in Australia. The court heard that Mullally was 5 times over he legal drink driving limit for Australia. This was the 4th drink driving offence...
Caught Drink Driving, Drug Driving
A new Freedom of Information request by the insurance website confused.com has revealed a massive surge in drug driving cases. The figures have revealed that in 2015 some 1,686 motorists were charged with the offence of drug driving. This new report details the most...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
Following a freedom on information request some of the worst drink driving hotspots in the country have been linked to high Eastern European populations. The information has shown that Boston, Wisbech and Peterborough are in the top 10 worst areas for drink driving....
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
8 Years For Drink Driving Killer A drink driver who crashed his car at 160mph and killed a young mother has been jailed for 8 years. The driver, Martin Grant was breathalysed at the scene of the crash and found to be twice over the legal drink driving limit. The...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
Deep Regret of a Man Who Drank Then Drove A drink driver who consumed 20 pints, took cocaine and then drove before being stopped by the police has told a court about his “deep regret” over the incident. The 39 year old, Andrew Hammond had been driving...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
Reports are in from the US that the Navy SEAL who reportedly shot Osama Bin Laden has been arrested and charged with drink driving. Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill, was find asleep at the wheel of a car in the early hours of the morning. When police attended on him it...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving
A 29 year old man has been banned from driving for over 3 years following his second drink driving offence. Stephen Morgan was stopped by the police in the early hours of the morning. He was breathalysed by the attending officers and was found to have 53mg of alcohol...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
An award winning Scottish nurse has been suspended from practice because she did not disclose 2 drink driving offences to her employers. The nurse in question, Virginia Murchison had been caught drink driving twice with the offences being 6 days apart. On the first...
Caught Drink Driving
It has been reported that a 48 year old man has been arrested after firefighters were called to a blazing car just yards away from a petrol station. Fire crews attend at the forecourt of the Breckland Garage on Lynn Road in Weeton after an electrical fault had caused...
Caught Drink Driving, Drink Driving In The News
West Midlands Police have reported that seven police officers have been sacked from their jobs over the past five years for drink driving. In fact it has been revealed that there were a further two police officers stopped for drink driving with one resigning and...
