Police stopped me - Dangerous driving

SpudGunPaul

diystarter7 said:

OP, good luck and please do not take it lying down if its anyhting more than a simple ticking off, etc as you will regret being a victim of a misunderstanding by them.

Do please call and check as per my post and ensure you dont miss out on a letter etc and get done by defualt

Good luck

The courts don't like disqualifying in absence and dangerous driving cannot be dealt with by SJP. So it won't happen unless a lesser charge is used. 

Car_54

diystarter7 said:

OP, good luck and please do not take it lying down if its anyhting more than a simple ticking off, etc as you will regret being a victim of a misunderstanding by them.

From the OP’s account, the misunderstanding was his, not the police’s.

TooManyPoints

If the police decide to pursue the dangerous driving charge, they have six months to start court proceedings.

Just a correction, C54. Dangerous Driving is an "either way" offence and there is no time limit on beginning proceedings.

Car_54

TooManyPoints said:

If the police decide to pursue the dangerous driving charge, they have six months to start court proceedings.

Just a correction, C54. Dangerous Driving is an "either way" offence and there is no time limit on beginning proceedings.

Fair point. Thanks.

diystarter7

TooManyPoints said:

If the police decide to pursue the dangerous driving charge, they have six months to start court proceedings.

Just a correction, C54. Dangerous Driving is an "either way" offence and there is no time limit on beginning proceedings.

Excellent post. I thought that but was not sure so thanks for pointing that out to the other poster, v helpful.

Often it is 6 months (most rt offocnecs)and I guess the poster just assumed its that

Thanks

diystarter7

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diystarter7 said:

OP, good luck and please do not take it lying down if its anyhting more than a simple ticking off, etc as you will regret being a victim of a misunderstanding by them.

From the OP’s account, the misunderstanding was his, not the police’s.

Clearly you nor I were there. Clearly the OP ie the victim has posted here as they felt the actions were OTT. I'm with the OP.

IRL, I often side with the police but judging by what OP has posted, I'm with the OP

Thanks

MikeJXE

Have you not got a dash cam ? Might help in these situations 

SpudGunPaul

diystarter7 said:

TooManyPoints said:

If the police decide to pursue the dangerous driving charge, they have six months to start court proceedings.

Just a correction, C54. Dangerous Driving is an "either way" offence and there is no time limit on beginning proceedings.

Excellent post. I thought that but was not sure so thanks for pointing that out to the other poster, v helpful.

Often it is 6 months (most rt offocnecs)and I guess the poster just assumed its that

Thanks

It's always six months for summary only offences. 

SpudGunPaul

diystarter7 said:

[Deleted User] said:

diystarter7 said:

OP, good luck and please do not take it lying down if its anyhting more than a simple ticking off, etc as you will regret being a victim of a misunderstanding by them.

From the OP’s account, the misunderstanding was his, not the police’s.

Clearly you nor I were there. Clearly the OP ie the victim has posted here as they felt the actions were OTT. I'm with the OP.

IRL, I often side with the police but judging by what OP has posted, I'm with the OP

Thanks

Just to correct you the OP is the suspect in this matter. Unless you have evidence of another crime?

binao

GihanM said:

I was exiting from a round-about and there was a line of vehicle parked (4,5 cars) on the road I exited to. I drove slowly from the right and noticed the police car is behind me. I stopped and the police came to me and asked why I was overtaking all those vehicles. Until the police officers say me, I didn't realize that they are not parked but in the traffic queue.  It was a very narrow road, the car which was most behind didn't even have its break lights on for me to notice that they are in the queue. I explained about my miss-judgement to the police but they said it is dangerous driving. They took my license and they filled in a document and asked me to sign on it (they said it is not mandatory for me to sign, but I signed). They gave me a document called "Traffic Offence Report" printed on a yellow paper, and in the top and the bottom of that documents it's mentioned as "Do not do anything until you receive a communication from police via email or post" It's about month by now but I didn't receive any letter or email. Just bothered about what's going on... ? Anyone ever had similar incidents ? What can I expect to receive ?

Did you  not notice the drivers and maybe passengers in the 4,5 cars or the yellow lines. Surely 4,5 cars in a queue, at least 1 had  brake lights on.

 Many of my local roundabouts have bus stops or crossings etc on the exits so one needs to be very aware when exiting a roundabout.

I can accept you where careless, which will result in points. 

You need  to ensure your future driving is faultless, as 12 points is an automatic ban.