Originally Posted by carty

So I think what this means is that in this case they would expect the average motorist to stop without it looking like a drama? In which case surely it's Ralph's word against whoever told the police 'it looked like an emergency stop when he should have cruised up to the crossing nice and gently'. I would be fuming about this, not that it would help...

Can you ask for the police to provie details of what precisely they believe constitutes the 'undue care and attention', ie, what evidence they have? If it's the word of an over-protective mother is that enough for a prosecution? I could go to the police and make up a story about someone almost bashing in to me at a zebra crossing - it just seems crazy if that's all the evidence they have?!