Myths About Driving Laws

Article Written By: ChristosChalfont

There are several myths floating around, particularly on the Internet, about ways that you can avoid being charged if accused of committing a traffic offence. However the fact is that the vast majority of them are simply not true.

One of the most common theories people have is that if a police officer makes a mistake on a traffic offence ticket then that ticket is invalid and the charge is void, but as with most theories of this nature, there is very little truth to it. This is a false belief because traffic offence tickets are not official evidence. They are simply summaries of the incident for referral. If you were to challenge the validity of the ticket because the officer had made an error on it, then all that would happen is; the officer in question will have to write up a detailed report which he will not make a mistake on and a court summons will be sent to you. However, if you dont believe that you have committed the supposed offence and the officer has made a mistake on the ticket, you may be able to use it as evidence that the officer paid insufficient attention to the incident and has a sloppy approach. If you did actually commit the offence and a police officer catches you, you dont really have a leg to stand on.

Another myth that people have thought will get them off the hook, is that it is a violation of human rights to ask who was driving at the time of the offence. It is often believed that if you are the registered keeper of the vehicle and theyre asking you who was driving it, that you do not have to tell them because it is within your human rights to withhold this information.

This is simply not true, there has been an amendment to international human rights in this regard meaning that this information has to be provided at the request of the police or you will be liable for a hefty fine and six points on your licence as they claim that the compromise in human rights is proportionate to the need for road safety.

Another mistake that is fairly commonly made occurs when people have insurance policies that allow them to drive other peoples cars with their permission. The mistake is that, they will buy a new car and before they are registered as the keeper of the vehicle, they believe that it officially still belongs to the old owner, therefore they think they can drive it without switching their insurance over.

This is not true either, if money has exchanged hands for the car then as far as a court of law is concerned the car belongs to you, and if you have not transferred the insurance over from your old vehicle, then you are not insured on the new one, and therefore driving illegally.

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