Download or read book A Practical Approach to Road Traffic Law written by Richard McMahon and published by Wm Gaunt & Sons. This book was released on 1993 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road traffic cases take up more time in the courts than almost any other type of case. This book provides the busy practitioner with a straightforward approach to road traffic offences. It explains the elements of the most common offences by analyzing the relevant legislation and reviewing themost appropriate authorities. It also sets out the known defences, if any, explaining how they operate and the type of evidence required to support them. There are also sections on procedure and sentencing which should give the book a genuinely practical approach.;Whilst concentrating on theoffences frequently arising in practice, the book also contains brief summaries of other relevant offences. It is therefore be a readable handbook covering the practicalities of preparing to defend or mitigate prosecutions for road traffic cases, which practitioners should be able to turn to astheir first point of reference. It's aim is to provide a comprehensive, user-friendly and authoritative work in this important are