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An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to road traffic with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Citation: 1988 c. 52: Territorial extent England, Wales and Scotland [a] Dates; Royal assent: 15 November 1988: Commencement: 15 May 1989
The last major legislation on road traffic was the Motor Car Act 1903.Amendments had been discussed in 1905, [1] 1911, 1913 [2] and 1914 [3] as the Motor Car Act (1903) Amendment Bill and Motor Car Act (1903) Amendment (No 2) Bill. [4]
Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Scotland) Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; Road Traffic Act 1988 [1] Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, initially introduced on 1 January 1965; The Highway Code (Great Britain edition), not law but a set of information, advice, guides and mandatory rules for road users
Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as substituted by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 [1]), creates the offences of causing death by dangerous driving: . A person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.
The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which provided powers to regulate or restrict traffic on roads in Great Britain, in the interest of safety. It superseded some earlier legislation, including the majority of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. The Act is split into 10 parts ...
Similar requirements apply in Northern Ireland under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Prior to the UK leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020 and during the transition period which ended on 31 December 2020, a UK driving licence was a European driving licence , [ 3 ] adhering to Directive 2006/126/EC and valid throughout ...
The Highway Code is the official set of information and guidance for road users in the United Kingdom. Its objective is to promote the safe and efficient use of the road network. The Code applies to all road users, including pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists, as well as motorcyclists and other drivers.
The offence of dangerous driving was created by section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972. It was abolished by section 50 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 . The expression "motor vehicle" was defined by section 190(1), and the expressions "drive" and "road" were defined by section 196(1).