Roads Policing

Question 0

Motor vehicle

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Driving

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Road (as per RTA 1988 & 1991)

Answer 3

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