England & Wales

I got mine yesterday, but need one thing clearing up. If I am in a car with L Plates, a full insured and licenced driver is that OK? People are saying yeah its fine and others are saying I need my own insurance. Cheers

Hi all, Recently on several occassions I have noticed at larger building sites or roadworks, construction workers will stop the traffic whilst a truck is being unloaded or another task is being completed. These stops can often last for several minutes - 3 or 4 minutes in one case. Obviously it's common sense for motorists to stop when requested in these circumstances but I was wondering what the legal stance is? I understand it's an offence for a motorist to not stop for a Constable in uniform but further than that I don't have a lot of knowledge in this area. Thanks in advance for your replies, I'll look forward to checking back. Cheers, Edd

I couldn't find an exact answer to this while searching through previous threads, so am asking now... This is the scenario..... A person puts up 2 security cameras on the front of his/her house... One is pointing straight out from the house, onto the pavement/road... the other is at an angle pointing down the street. Both cameras are motion sensored. When they are set off, a red L.E.D lights up.... While closing the curtains of the bedroom window, upstairs, a neighbour notices the red L.E.D being set-off by his/her movement... This meaning, although the camera is not pointing directly at the bedroom, it is still filming any movement in that part of the bedroom.. T…

as said in the title, I believe someone I know may be driving with fraudulently got insurance, this person used to have their own car and insurance in their name, after informing his insurance company ( also mine) that he was an alcoholic and had at least one known conviction for drink driving he had not declared, they denied him insurance. Recently he has taken to driving his wifes disabled vehicle, and we have been told by a carer that he has misled the insurers and not declared his past or driving convictions in order to be placed on the insurance as a named driver only. This person is still drink driving but I gave up reporting him to my local force as they just don…

Ok, I am sorry Lord Vader for doing this, but I want to ask something. I was reading the old pregnant woman peeing in your hat post, and someone said they would be commiting criminal damage if they did, now, my question is this. If its not a criminal act for a pregnant woman to pee anywhere they can, and the law says they may do so, how would a non criminal act allowed by law result in criminal damage being caused. I don't get it, its like the council saying "you may walk across the grass" and then being nicked for criminal damage as you bent the grass. Maybe I am not making myself understood, I can only say I know what I mean. If it isnt a crime how can you derive a cr…

Is there a set time for a prisioner to be in a police station cell for before he or she will be offered a meal? Is it a set meal or do they send out for them? or are meals at set times?

with more and more people turning to cycles, has anyone ever pulled a cyclist for speeding? i presume the law says they have to abide by the speed limits as other motorists but not sure if its more to do with conditions of the road and where or just a straight forward speed issue

If someone lends their under age brother/sister their passport or driving licence to gain entry to a pub what laws are they breaking, is it supplying an article for use in fraud or are there more specific offences relating to ID? I know there has been much debate in the past about someone using the ID(which is now covered by the identity cards act 2006), but what about someone giving the ID to someone else to be used? I can see it being quite hard to prove they knew it was going to be used fraudulently, are there any laws relating to giving someone else your ID without reasonable excuse for doing so?

Bit of help please. What are the laws regarding Industrial espionage in the UK? What laws are committed is a employee passes out company financial information and company secrets (like future developments)? I know Gross Misconduct would come into play, but what else? Cheers! [Edit: This is not a actual case]

For a number of police powers, its requires the constable to be in uniform. Are there any stated cases where there is a minimum level of uniform required. Obviously an example is road wars etc where the police are often just wearing a vest with epaulettes, utility belt and radio. Are they classed as being in uniform?

Me and one of my specials got called to a damage only accident by a Aid bus going thru our ground. We arrive by car and greeted by the Aid Officers and they point out the drivers of each vehicle, which they had seen leaving the relevent doors when they arrived seconds after it happend. A male driver of the vehicle in front and a female driving the car behind. I do a PNC vehicle check of each to ensure they both have insurance and get them to exchange details. I question the female driver and can smell alcohol, so breath test both drivers as norm, both clear. When checking details of licences she admits to being a provisional holder only, which i check that she is, I ask…