What do you define as minor traffic offences? There are cases which can be tried by a court and also cases which are dealt with by other authorities such as councils or Transport for London. I suppose you could define a minor offence as one which could be dealt with by a fixed penalty, but that hardly stands up because you can be given a FPN for an insurance offence (6-8 points) which I would regard as fairly serious, but most areas will take you to court on no MOT which is not endorsable.

The following article also details most common offences: www.autosure.eu/index.php?option=com_content&v...1 LBC