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Whilst accepting that limitations on space may preclude publication of the full advice you give to contributors, so as not to mislead others, your reply to R.G., on 29 November should have included his legal obligation under S.170 Road Traffic Act, 1988 to report the incident at a police station as soon as practicable and in any case within 24 hours.

Asked on 24 January 2009 by

Answered by Honest John
What would you rather I do? Help him in a way that helps everyone? Or tell him to fulfil a legal obligation he would be very wary of, that could involve self-incrimination, and which would anyway add more unnecessary tedium to a police force already overburdened with ludicrous amounts of paperwork?
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