Do I need a lawyer?

Hi all,

I’ve been summoned to the traffic court, police complaints department due to a complaint that was made against me. (Complaint was made by a military guy apparently). Upon getting there I was told I made a hand gesture like a middle finger to the driver who has made the complaint.

I explained the full situation of what happened, I was in the fast lane, guy comes speeding almost hitting my car, there’s no space to move into the right hand lane so I put my hazards on to let him know, there’s a speed camera approaching so I was maintaining my speed and as soon as there’s space I move over to the right lane.

He comes by my side of the car, hurling aggressive language pointing and laughing at me, I waved my hand to say one moment, I’m moving to the side and then didn’t engage any further as was concentrating on the road. He sped off.

My wife was in the car with me, we were both distressed. I got his number plate, tried to make a complaint via phone but they said we need to go in person. That same day my wife is admitted to hospital.

I visited the department and explained my side and asked them to check their cameras. They said to me I need to come back to make a statement.

So I’ve been stressed out for past few days and my wife got admitted to the hospital, discharged and then admitted again and has been here almost a week.

What should my next steps be? What’s the process of giving a police statement. Will I need a lawyer or a translator or something?

Update: the complainant can’t seem to make his mind up, he’s accused me of the middle finger then said my wife also did it, then he said I stopped my car, put my window down to shout at him and then got out of my car to argue with him, all whilst being on a busy highway.