Justice Minister Damian Green has announced that all police-force areas should have a dedicated traffic court (DTC) within the next 6 months.
Subject to judicial agreement to list all low-level traffic cases together, DTCs are being established across the country. The Government hopes that this move will mean low-level traffic offences – such as speeding, traffic-light and document offences – can all be dealt with at one local magistrates’ court. DTC’s will be able to deal with up to 100 cases in each session, reducing unnecessary delays and allowing local magistrates’ courts to focus on more serious offences.
The planned DTCs are likely to deal with:
- Driving licence related offences
- Lighting offences
- Load offences
- Miscellaneous motoring offences (including trailer offences)
- Motorway offences (other than speeding)
- Neglect of pedestrian rights
- Neglect of traffic directions
- Noise offences
- Obstruction, waiting and parking offences
- Offences particular to motorcycles
- Speed limit offences
- Vehicle insurance offences
- Vehicle test offences
- Vehicles or parts in dangerous or defective condition
According to the Government, DTCs have now been running successfully in 29 areas across the country so far, and it hopes to roll out the scheme to all 42 police-force areas by April 2014.
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