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saunaboy
post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 14:17
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Hi Everyone,

On motorway today & made a mistake - realised needed to be in left hand lane so changed lane sharply at last minute, and ended up cutting someone up. Basically, they've followed me to a service station down the road, and pulled up next to me. They said they were going to report me to the police.

Now I'm clearly in the wrong & I apologised (apart from being a bit freaked out about being confronted..). But they were adamant. Stormed off saying "expect to be contacted by the police". No dashcam on either car.

What's the deal here - I'm assuming they're going to contact the police. But what then? It was poor driving on my part & I'm givinh myself a hard time as I'm normally a right nazi about it. Can they & might they do anything. Nobody harmed & nothing damaged fortunately.

And yes I'm embarrassed about it & lesson learned.

Cheers for any help.
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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 14:41
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Wait and see if you hear anything - they have 2 weeks to contact you if you are the RK.

Appears to be careless driving but whether they actually report is another matter. Whether the police are that bothered too...


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saunaboy
post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 14:44
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Hands up - I was careless. What could happen if they do report?
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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 15:29
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The Police could
1/ Do nothing
2/ Take action and offer an awareness course
3/ Take action and offer a fixed penalty
4/ Take action and summons you to court where the maximum penalty is 9 points (as with any motoring offence a ban is also possible) and £1000 fine for driving without due care and attention, or a much longer ban (min 12 months) if you get found guilty of dangerous driving which is a statutory alternative to careless.

The range is so wide as to be meaningless really.

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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 15:48
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Without any evidence how likely is anything to happen? Unless they went so far to start trawling through motorway cameras etc there's nothing to go on.
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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 16:43
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The other driver is a witness.


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 16:43
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Of course they have evidence, it’s a common misconception, but a credible witness is evidence.


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 16:43
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Some people have the time to appear at court...


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 17:03
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QUOTE (saunaboy @ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 16:48) *
Without any evidence how likely is anything to happen?


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 17:15
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Seriously - any thoughts on the likelihood of this?

Appreciate the responses so far.
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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 17:19
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Our crystal ball is on the blink. You’ll just have to deal with what happens, if anything.


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 17:41
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Without dashcam footage they will have to report it to the police and will likely have to go to Court and testify as a witness. There usually has to be an independent witness too (not another occupant of the car), according to the blurb on Police websites.

The Police might send a speculative NIP, so it would probably be worth going to Court in the unlikely event that this happens.
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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 18:21
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QUOTE (saunaboy @ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 18:15) *
Seriously - any thoughts on the likelihood of this?


Seriously, we don't know (and to be blunt, many of us don't care).
If you actually receive a NIP, we might be able to offer some constructive legal advice, but currently you're just wasting your time and ours.


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 18:30
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QUOTE (The Rookie @ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 16:29) *
dangerous driving which is a statutory alternative to careless.

Is it? Under which statute?


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 20:41
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I don’t know, this is what Blackstones says
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An offence of careless driving can be tried alongside an offence of dangerous driving as an alternative. However, it is not clear as to why this is done in the magistrates, court as the offence is a statutory alternative in any event


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post Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 20:47
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QUOTE (The Rookie @ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 21:41) *
I don’t know, this is what Blackstones says
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An offence of careless driving can be tried alongside an offence of dangerous driving as an alternative. However, it is not clear as to why this is done in the magistrates, court as the offence is a statutory alternative in any event


Careless is a statutory alternative to dangerous (s 24 Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988) but not the other way around.


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post Sun, 14 Jul 2019 - 19:29
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QUOTE (The Rookie @ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 - 17:43) *
Of course they have evidence, it’s a common misconception, but a credible witness is evidence.

The police will in most instances not pursue a case based on the evidence of a single civilian witness. They could, but in practice they simply don't bother most of the time.


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post Mon, 15 Jul 2019 - 00:23
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QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jul 2019 - 20:29) *
They could, but in practice they simply don't bother most of the time.

Not least because in the absence of some independent evidence it would be a case of "he says, she says". "Beyond reasonable doubt" seems problematic, I would suggest.


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