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It is against the law to use a vehicle if you do not have a valid insurance certificate that says you are covered to use it at that particular time.

The offence of driving without insurance is taken very seriously by the Magistrates Court due to the possible implications if you were to crash.

In order to be found guilty of driving without insurance, the Prosecutor only has to prove that you were driving the vehicle on a public road at the time in question and it is down to the defendant (you) to prove that you had insurance and you were allowed to be driving it. This is an unusually way of proceeding in court, but it is this way because it would be extremely time consuming and nearly impossible for the Prosecutor to prove that you were not insured because they would have to go to every insurance provider in the country and check that you aren’t insured with each of them. It is therefore your responsibility to prove that you did have insurance to be driving the vehicle at the time in question.

Where you used to be able to use driving without due care and attention or a momentary lapse in concentration as something of an excuse for a driving offence, these themselves are now driving offences.

Powerful associations like MADD ” Mothers against drunk driving, and other such associations have been lobbying for such changes in the law for quite some time now, and several states have statutes which vary in degrees depending on the severity of the outcome of careless driving.

What is surprising is that people dont really seem to take driving without due care and attention very seriously. In fact, people seem to side with the offenders and advise them on how to avoid their punishment. In an online forum we found one case where a man was charged for wheel-spinning his car on gravel by going very fast and kicking up lots of dust and gravel. The officer that charged him says in his report that there was a petrol pump nearby and it was open, and so could have caused a large accident and many potential injuries. The question he put on the forum was that if he could prove that the petrol pump was closed would that benefit his case in any way. And surprisingly, dozens of people replied with advice about how to get out of the charge and how to prove that something in the officers report was wrong!

If you are looking for a truck driver job the number one question on your mind is probably, How much money do truck drivers make? This question is a very interesting and exciting thing to think about as we will go through the items that truly effect truck driver income and we will give you realistic salary values.

Truck driver jobs are in high demand as the trucking industry is literally what keeps America moving. The trucking industry alone bring in about $255 Billion in revenue per year! As a truck driver you will drive about 100K miles per year on average. Did you know that thats about the same as driving around the globe 4 times?

Here is the part of the article that you have been waiting for, the money! Drivers and people looking for truck driving careers can expect to be making $32,400 ” $42,300 annually on average to start out. This figure also depends on the size of the trucking company you get hired for and stay with. MOST owner operator truck drivers gross between $100K ” $150K per year with a 50% operating cost. This makes their net incomes per year equal about $50,000 ” $75,000.

Driving requires you to observe and focus, especially when you are driving at high speeds like a motorway would require. Sometimes spending several hours on the same road each day can begin to get boring, and you let your guard down. Bad behaviours begin to appear when you start to feel bored while driving. It is necessary for you to keep alert assessing situations because they can change quickly, even dangerously, which requires quick reaction from you.

Not surprisingly the incorrect speed for road environment is the largest cause of accidents on the highway. Drivers with an excellent car going 70 miles per hour need 20 metres to react to a change in road conditions, and another 50 metres to bring the car to a stop. This example is based on having the tyres and brakes in perfect working order. Total it takes 70 metres or more for a car to be stopped in an emergency.

This distance requires that you keep a two second space between you and the car in front. It is best to use a roadside marker, counting the time it takes you to cover this distance after the car in front of you passes it. By doing this you can determine if you have the appropriate gap between you and the other car.