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Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is warning drivers that it’s not just speeding, seatbelts and mobile phone use that can bring them to the attention of the police. There are a host of other infringements, some better known than others, which can result in drivers picking up fines they may not have […]
The UK’s biggest independent motoring charity IAM RoadSmart feels that speeding is still far from being socially unacceptable, as DfT figures released today show speeding offences are now at a six year high. More UK drivers are getting caught exceeding the speed limit than ever before and are risking lives and endangering themselves and others […]
It has been confirmed that from April 2017, higher tariffs will be imposed upon those who are the most serious speeding offenders. The fine imposed currently sits around a maximum of 100% of the guilty party’s weekly wage. This will jump up to 150% of their weekly wage from April 2017. This can be a […]
The Telegraph has reported a speed camera ticket issued in error – after a driver was shown incorrectly to be travelling 56 miles per hour about the limit! The driver in question, it was reported, contested the error and got a solicitor involved. A check of both photographs apparently showed the driver had not in […]
Leading road safety charity, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has revealed that overseas drivers have escaped 23,295 speeding offences since January 2013 – the equivalent of £2.3 million worth of speeding tickets. The figures were revealed following a freedom of information request to police authorities, which asked how many overseas motorists had been caught by […]
Brake has spoken out in support of Highways Agency proposals to roll out speed cameras on stretches of ‘smart’ motorways, to target drivers exceeding the 70mph limit. Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive, Brake, the road safety charity, said: “Speed cameras are an extremely well evidenced, cost-effective way to improve safety and reduce deaths and injuries […]
Do you have any of the dreaded (by some, I hasten to add) 20 miles per hour areas in your locality? Guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers clarifying the police position on enforcement of 20mph speed limits has been published and reveals plans for tailored speed awareness courses for drivers who break 20mph […]
Struggling to find the ideal present for the motorist in the family this Christmas? How about an app that will help protect your driving licence for months or even years to come. A UK company currently leads the way in speed camera alert technology. Their technically advanced and inexpensive iPhone app, now available at an […]
We’re always being told that the reason behind speed cameras is to slow people down in order to make a certain spot less dangerous. Of course, that’s assuming that speed has actually been a factor in the accidents that have taken place previously. To be fair, it’s not rocket science to assume this, given that […]
A driver who was allegedly doing 173mph managed to evade a jail term after prosecutors failed to prove that he was doing such a speed. The defendant was speeding on the A515, and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving for driving a Lotus Elise at 105mph in a 50mph zone. The result of this law-breaking speed […]