UK CAR ACCIDENT CLAIM ADVICE
RTA SOLICITOR SPECIALISTS

Our RTA solicitor specialists represent the injured victims of negligent drivers in car accident claim legal action throughout the United Kingdom on a no win no fee basis. If the other driver has been identified then compensation for the pain and suffering of personal injury and all other losses is always paid in full with no deductions whatsoever. Our specialists do not require you to pay anything at all to them throughout the course of the claim and no win no fee claims handled by UK Lawyers are genuinely risk free.

Please note that we only deal with personal injury compensation claims and we are not criminal lawyers. We do not provide advice on speeding offences or representation in the criminal courts.

New legal regulations require speed cameras to be highly visible by painting them yellow and cameras must not be obscured by road signs, bridges, trees or bushes. They must be clearly visible from 60m where the speed limit is 40mph or below, and from 100m in all other areas. Warning signs must be placed within 1km of cameras. Camera site visibility must be reviewed every six months. Mobile camera operators must wear fluorescent clothing. The cameras must only be sited where either four people have been killed or seriously injured in the previous three years, or where there have been eight 'personal injury accidents' within 500 metres either side of the camera over the previous three years. If the police fail to abide by these requirements an RTA solicitor may be able to defend a charge of speeding. Information on the location of speed cameras throughout the UK is available from The Association of British Drivers. Many of the organisations who manage camera sites provide details of speed camera location and when mobile cameras will be active and information can often be found on Local Authority web sites some of which are listed below.

• Derbyshire
• Nottinghamshire
• West Yorkshire
• Wiltshire
• Sussex
• Staffordshire
• Cumbria
• Lincolnshire
• Thames Valley

Drinking and Driving is an all year round problem and Police Forces in many areas now routinely breath test anyone involved in a traffic accident. Many drinkers still take a chance because they believe that they can get away with it, but sooner or later most drunks will be caught. An RTA solicitor will not usually be able to save a drunk drivers licence and technical defences are now extremely rare. A drunk driver can almost never defend a car accident claim succesfully.

From 1 December 2003 it has been an offence for motor car drivers to hold a mobile phone in your hand or prop it between your cheek and shoulder when driving, even if both hands are on the wheel. A ‘touch phone’ is allowed – for example, to press a button to receive a call however once the phone is picked up an offence is commited. Drivers are advised to fit a dashboard phone cradle to remove any doubt about whether or not the phone is being held.