5 Live Investigates
5 Live Investigates
BBC Radio 5 Live
Write offs returned to the road & bogus law firms
47 minutes Posted Feb 23, 2014 at 9:00 pm.
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A quarter of a million cars written off each year return to the roads. There are no checks on the quality of the repairs and one Police and Crime Commissioner says they pose a risk to road users. 5 Live Investigates has identified a number of fatal accidents involving vehicles that had been previously written off but had been repaired and returned to the road. Also - is the solicitors' regulator doing enough to weed out bogus law firms?