In November 2018 the law changed to allow medicinal cannabis to be prescribed in certain circumstances by specialist registered Doctors. Initially the uptake of such prescriptions was slow, but as more Doctors have been registered the number of administered prescriptions is increasing, and therefore inevitably the number of people who are driving having taken prescribed […]

Self Driving Vehicles  Self driving vehicles could be on British roads in the very near future after the government’s new flagship Automated Vehicles Act – referenced in the King’s Speech – became law on the 20th May 2024. The government has said road safety is at the heart of the legislation with automated vehicles expected […]

Speed Limiters From 7 July 2024 all new vehicles sold will need to have speed limiters installed. The law has been introduced further to an EU law enacted in 2022. The requirements came into force after various publications and research showing that exceeding the speed limit contributed to a significant proportion of road traffic accidents. […]

Drug Driving Lab Test Prosecutions called into Question Hundreds of drug-driving prosecutions have been called into question following a review of lab tests. More than 1,700 results where drug levels were reported to above the legal limit have had to be withdrawn’. This is not a loophole where guilty people are simply trying to ‘get […]