Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

Hi guys,

Anyone on here been charged/convicted of Driving Without Due Care and Attention?

Why do I ask? Well, there's this person I know........ :lol:

No, it's not me!

I'm interested to know:

1. The circumstances
2. Car or 'bike
3. Anyone hurt?
4. The penalty the Court imposed

If you feel able to reply on here then please do, otherwise please PM me. All PMs treated in confidence :thumbsup:

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

i think Driving Without Due Care and Attention covers a whole lot of things,

i got 3 points and a fine (long time ago)

i lost contol of my fathers dolomite and took out a lampost

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

Yup me too, entered a roundabout nipping in behind a car that was already on it a bit too close for the coppers liking. No impact, not speeding etc.

That was in Swindon shortly after I moved there from London. In a car.

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

A lad we know had a BIG accident in his works van last year. Broke his neck, fractured his skull, etc.

He was charged with driving without due care and attention, and even though no other person or vehicle were involved the judge gave him a 8 month ban and an £800 fine.

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The court the case is heard at will also make a massive difference. Salford Magistrates are the most lenient court I have ever been to for motoring offences. Conversley, Wigan Mags are the harshest bunch of beaks in the world and often impose maximum sentences.

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

Nope .... managed to avoid that one thanks to GMP who very kindly asked me to attend one of their "National Driver Improvement Schemes" :) at a cost of £150 :(

But it saved me from being charged, and getting a fine (d'oh!) and getting points on my licence (which thankfully is still clean :D)

My offence?
I did the unthinkable ... I hit a guy in an Audi when he was changing lanes ... and I was filtering :oops: Police say I was filtering too fast ... accepted tho ;-) like BluePete's sig says ;-)

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

yep in 1998, for wheeling my africa twin away from lights in barkingside, and then overtaking on the wrong side of bollards at 60 mph in a 30..... still on the back wheel. the copper in the big marked dog van behind me wasnt impressed! ?180 fine and 3 points (on top of the 6 I already had for speeding). lucky not to get banned. - took the bollocking on the chin up to the point where he starting to write out the summons whilst effing and blinding at me. last time I ever got points for anything due to my managing director going even more ballistic and threatening to sack me (and realising it wasnt big or clever doing wheelies in a town centre).

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thats funny:D

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

mmm in 1978 and I got an endorsement for it.

On my CB250 following my b/f (on his lovely Z900) straight out of a junction without really looking. Hit the front of a car, went over the top, crappy helmet flew off and I ended up staring at the underside of the side of the car in between the front and back wheel! Ooooh scary.

Too long ago to be useful I guess. But I didn't ask anyone else to take the blame tho! ( sorry different discussion)

Re: Driving Without Due Care & Attention?
 

Nope. I've only been done for the lesser offence of dangerous driving.