This is something that happened to my girlfriends brother just last week. He lives in a rural area and commutes a 35 minute drive through country roads. Several weeks ago however he was stuck behind someone doing 45MPH, which is fair enough if that's what an old person feels comfortable driving at. Anyway he over took them on a straight, which he thought was very safe, and gave plenty time to avoid the oncoming car which was off in the distance. As far as he was concerned, and probably most petrol heads, it was a safe and easy over-take. (drives a Golf)
That night he got a visit from 2 police officers, asking him if he was driving that road at that time, and he agree'd he had been, it was his commute. They advised him that he had been witnessed by 2 witnesses both from the car he overtook, that he had done a dangerous manoeuvre and was being cautioned for this.
Same thing happened last week, now bare in mind he drives the same road 5 days a week, every week, and over takes many cars on this journey, including tractors etc. Police turn up again and inform him that yet again 2 witness from a car claimed he had made a dangerous manoeuvre over taking them and this time he would receiving an anti-social behaviour order. When he asked how to dispute this, he was told that there was no dispute process for an ASBO.
Now obviously I wasn't there, so I'm only taking his word for it that the manoeuvres were safe. But what do you think of this process, is it unfair there's no dispute? perhaps a misapplication of the asbo?
(please note I'm not ranting about asbo's as being rubbish, I think their a good thing)