Road Policing

Question 1

Driving

Answer 1

A person is held to be driving when they have control of the speed and the direction of the vehicle.

Question 2

Motor vehicle

Answer 2

Means a mechanically propelled vehicle, intended or adapted, for use on the road.

Question 3

Public road (as per vehicle excise & registration act 1994)

Answer 3

A road which a roads authority have a duty to maintain.

Question 4

Road (as per Road Traffic Act 1988 & 1991)

Answer 4

Any way (other than a waterway) over which there is a public right of passage (by whatever means) and whether subject to a toll or not and includes the roads verges and any bridges (whether permanent or temporary) over which, or tunnel through which the road passes and any reference to a road includes parts thereof.