{"id":2600,"date":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:30","slug":"how-to-report-traffic-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/how-to-report-traffic-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"How to report traffic crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you witness a\u00a0traffic crime, accident or incident while driving there are two numbers you can call: 999 if it&#8217;s an emergency, or 101 if it&#8217;s not an emergency. Sometimes you will have to use your judgement.<\/p>\n<p>The following is designed to be a guide but obviously there are huge grey areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Emergency traffic incidents and crimes<\/h2>\n<p>Dial 999 if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone is in danger because of a road rage incident<\/li>\n<li>Someone has been seriously injured in a traffic accident and requires immediate medical attention<\/li>\n<li>A person is driving extremely dangerously (e.g. the wrong way down a motorway, or there&#8217;s someone riding on the top of a car, etc)<\/li>\n<li>An accident has happened and you suspect the driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or is uninsured or unlicensed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Non-emergency traffic incidents and crimes<\/h2>\n<p>Dial 101 if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You witness continuous erratic driving, but not necessarily dangerous driving<\/li>\n<li>You are in or come across a non-injury crash<\/li>\n<li>There is a vehicle broken down in a dangerous place or it is blocking a lane<\/li>\n<li>There is an obstruction on the road or an animal is trapped (e.g. a sheep on a central reservation)<\/li>\n<li>Another driver crashes into a stationary object and drives off, e.g. another vehicle, a fence, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are reporting another driver it&#8217;s important that you have as much information about the driver and vehicle as possible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number plate (it helps if you know the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osric.com\/chris\/phonetic.html\" target=\"_blank\">NATO phonetic alphabet<\/a> to describe it on the phone to avoid confusion, e.g. alfa, bravo, charlie for A, B, C)<\/li>\n<li>Colour, make and model of the vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Specific location where you saw the vehicle being driven (if you&#8217;re in a rural area, try to give landmarks if you&#8217;re unsure of the exact road)<\/li>\n<li>What the driver was doing that is the traffic offence (e.g. speeding, tailgating, lane-hogging)<\/li>\n<li>Any information you can give about the driver, e.g. female, Caucasian, around 40, black hair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Using your mobile phone to make an emergency call while driving<\/h2>\n<p>If you are the driver and it&#8217;s either unsafe to stop or you need to continue to follow a vehicle to describe it then you can use a hand-held mobile phone while driving to report the emergency on a 999 or 112 call. The police specifically omit 101 calls from this exception in their documentation.<\/p>\n<h2>Reporting antisocial driving behaviour<\/h2>\n<p>A list of all the regional police forces is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.uk\/forces\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Different regional police forces have their own initiatives for reporting antisocial driving, abandoned vehicles, etc. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationcrackdown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Crackdown<\/a> in Sussex has a simple form you can fill in.<\/p>\n<p>This type of reporting can be for general careless or inconsiderate driving, using a mobile phone, parking illegally or inconsiderately, driving a vehicle which would obviously fail an MoT, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you witness a\u00a0traffic crime, accident or incident while driving there are two numbers you can call: 999 if it&#8217;s an emergency, or 101 if it&#8217;s not an emergency. 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