Driving in the UK - Court Reports

This is the fourth in our series about 'Driving in the UK'. It is all about what happens when you don't have the right documents!

Instructions and downloads

In this section you will find out what could happen if you don’t have the correct driving documents.

You will read reports about two people who went to court and you will practise vocabulary to do with driving offences and the law.

Activities 1 and 2 are available as interactive activities below and on the worksheet

Activity 3 is only available on the worksheet

You can download the worksheet below:

Court reports - worksheet

Preparation - reading

Read the reports about two people who went to court because they did not have the documents they needed to drive in the UK. We say that they committed a driving offence. We commit an offence when we do something that is against the law.

Which document did neither person have?

_{Image of court reports reproduced with permission from the South Wales Echo November 2011}

See 'Transcript' for the answer.

Task 1 - vocabulary

Find these words in the reports you read in "Preparation", and think about their meanings:

guilty

fined

handed

a victim surcharge

penalty points

court costs

banned

to plead guilty

to find guilty

Now do the activity below:

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Task 2 - multiple choice

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the reports?

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Task 3 - written activities

If you would like to do another activity you will need to download the worksheet under "Instructions" above

Transcript

The answer to the question was: driving insurance

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Driving in the UK - Court Reports

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