Most drivers occasionally drive without due care and attention whether they realise it or not.

You commit the offence if your driving falls below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver.

Examples are:

• Coming out of a junction and failing to see another vehicle or cyclist.
• Scraping another car while negotiating a tight bend or even when parking.
• Bumping into the car in front of you at a junction or in slow moving traffic.
• Turning right across the path of another vehicle.

You can commit this offence on a public place such as a car park as well as on a road.

After an accident if you do not stop and exchange details or report to the police you may commit the more serious offences of Failing to Stop and Report which can be imprisonable.

We will investigate the evidence thoroughly on your behalf and advise on the strength of the police case.

Often careless driving cases will form the basis of the other driver's claim for compensation in the event of an accident.

Call MK Legal on 01908 577680 or email and speak to us to ensure that you understand the implications of a guilty plea