Road Traffic – Road Traffic Law And Safety http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk Mr Loophole's Blog Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:16:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.7 110222576 Can Cyclists And Motorists Learn To Live Together? http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:14:23 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=161 Nick Freeman, owner of Manchester based legal practice Freeman & Co and is best known as `Mr Loophole` a celebrity defence lawyer specialising in road and motoring offences. There`s an awful lot of bad blood between cyclists and motorists these days. Where once road space was shared in relative harmony, co-existence has mutated into a…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-cyclists-and-motorists-learn-to-live-together/feed/ 0 161 Mr Loophole Backs East Yorkshire Motorist In Fight Against Hull Bus Lane Fine http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:24:38 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=155 The country’s best-known traffic lawyer is backing a motorist’s fight against a bus lane fine imposed by Hull City Council. Thirty-six-year-old Tony Sherwin contacted Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, via social media after being fined £30 for driving in the bus lane on Holderness Road to visit a supermarket. Mr Sherwin appealed the fine, which…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/mr-loophole-backs-east-yorkshire-motorist-fight-hull-bus-lane-fine/feed/ 0 155 Clamp Down On Lawless Delivery Cyclists, Says Mr Loophole & Cycling Safety Champion! http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:25:42 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=129 The country’s best known traffic lawyer and a cycling safety champion have joined forces in condemning lawless delivery bike riders who endanger pedestrians, drivers and fellow cyclists. The move by Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, and cycling vigilante Dave Sherry, comes amid growing concerns that cycling dispatch riders and food delivery riders frequently jump red…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/clamp-lawless-delivery-cyclists-says-mr-loophole-cycling-safety-champion/feed/ 0 129 Disqualification Is Answer Says Mr Loophole – Not Increasing Fines http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/disqualification-answer-says-mr-loophole-not-increasing-fines/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/disqualification-answer-says-mr-loophole-not-increasing-fines/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:03:41 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=126 Increasing fines for motorists caught “excessive speeding” will do little to stop the problem, the country’s leading road traffic lawyer has warned. Instead, Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, said if the government was serious about tackling this issue it needed to do something which would not win the populist vote – namely imposing a mandatory…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/disqualification-answer-says-mr-loophole-not-increasing-fines/feed/ 0 126 Statement re “Killer drivers on mobiles to get life” http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/statement-re-killer-drivers-mobiles-get-life/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/statement-re-killer-drivers-mobiles-get-life/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:25:52 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=123 Responding to the news that the Government was considering introducing new legislation that see drivers receiving life sentences if convicted of killing someone whilst using a mobile phone, Nick Freeman, the country’s leading road traffic lawyer, said: “The new legislation is a dangerous route to go down as it could mean there is too much…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/statement-re-killer-drivers-mobiles-get-life/feed/ 0 123 Figures Reveal Yawning Between Speeders Caught By Cameras Compared To Police Officers http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/figures-reveal-yawning-speeders-caught-cameras-compared-police-officers/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/figures-reveal-yawning-speeders-caught-cameras-compared-police-officers/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:24:16 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=120 Figures obtained by the country’s leading traffic lawyer reveal the yawning gulf between motorists caught speeding by fixed cameras, and those caught by uniformed traffic officers. The statistics – acquired by Nick Freeman, aka Mr Loophole, under the Freedom of Information of Act from six forces – comes the day after the National Institute for…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/figures-reveal-yawning-speeders-caught-cameras-compared-police-officers/feed/ 0 120 Will Car Bullying Make Our Roads Like A School Playground http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/will-car-bullying-make-our-roads-like-a-school-playground/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/will-car-bullying-make-our-roads-like-a-school-playground/#respond Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:24:33 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=111 As a person who enjoys the pleasure of driving, I have followed the progress of the driverless car with both interest and a little trepidation. The first time many of us would have thought about the possibility of a driverless car was from watching science fiction films. I remember seeing the iconic Johnny Cab in…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/can-technology-stop-problem-caused/feed/ 0 100 13 Motoring Laws You May Have Broken Without Knowing It http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/13-motoring-laws-may-broken-without-knowing/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/13-motoring-laws-may-broken-without-knowing/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:52:07 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=83 The Highway Code is full of tasty bits of motoring law trivia. However, it’s amazing how after we pass our driving test some of us seem to throw the Highway Code away and never pay heed to it again. So just as a small reminder for some of you, and may be a bit of…

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]]> http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/13-motoring-laws-may-broken-without-knowing/feed/ 0 83 Will The Tesla Crash Slow Down Self Driving Cars – Not On Your Life http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/will-tesla-crash-slow-self-driving-cars-not-life/ http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/will-tesla-crash-slow-self-driving-cars-not-life/#respond Sat, 09 Jul 2016 12:35:41 +0000 http://www.nickfreemanblog.co.uk/?p=81 After the tragic death of a test driver for the Tesla Autopilot car, you may have through that the technology race would take a breath. However, that is just not the case. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has been a driving force about the repaid development of their Autopilot system. About its ability to keep a…

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