YOU CAN CONTEST THIS!
i was issued one by a youngish police officer because i pulled away from a set of lights and accidently slipped the clutch a bit too quickly resulting in my tyres 'chirping' a tiny bit.
He followed me down the road, pulled me over and gave me some bull$hit story about scaring the driver next to me!
I asked for his PC number and told him politely that it was a mistake and i had recently had a new clutch fitted (true).
I went down to the station and asked to speak to the officer in charge, then told that i felt very unfairly treated and explained the situation and told him that i felt as if i had been discriminated against.
He then checked his system and said the officer who had issued me the section 59 had been giving them out a bit too hastily and that i wasn't the first to raise a complaint.
then proceeded to tell me not to worry about it and said he would have a chat with the officer in question.
If you are unfortunate enough to get issued one - fight your corner, it's worth a go!
