MSE News: Tough new penalties for speeding to be rolled out next week

I_have_spoken

Just another tax on the motorist. Disgusting

roddydogs

Correction, motorists that legally register their car & can be traced.

Car_54

roddydogs wrote: »

Correction, motorists that legally register their car & can be traced.

Correction, motorists who break the law.

chucknorris

EssexExile wrote: »

Here you go:

https://formfinder.hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/mc100-eng.pdf

I was thinking that a speeding fine would be fixed at about £80, not £2k (even for a minor infraction), that is certainly going to make me much more careful, so it will work (hopefully) on me.

Johno100

chucknorris wrote: »

I was thinking that a speeding fine would be fixed at about £80, not £2k (even for a minor infraction), that is certainly going to make me much more careful, so it will work (hopefully) on me.

No it's not £2k for a minor infraction.



These increased income based penalties will only apply to those who are summoned to court, so those figures or above on the right of the table. Everyone else, assuming they are willing to accept their guilt, will receive the standard fixed penalty of £100 and 3pts or maybe the offer of a Speed Awareness Course.

HornetSaver

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Just another tax on the motorist. Disgusting

No, it's a tax on criminals. Who are disgusting.

maxmycardagain

Possibly the MOST ignored speed limit in the UK is the 60mph limit on dual carriageways for vehicles over 2tonnes GVW and not- "car derived"...

Nemo 70mph
Doblo 60mph
ALL proper transits. sprinters, etc...60mph

esuhl

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Just another tax on the motorist. Disgusting

I'd vote for a lot more taxes on criminals who can afford to pay.

The only reason society needs a police force is because there are criminals who break the law. What fairer way than to tax criminals to pay for their policing? It's a win-win.

JohnRo

The sooner we have reliable driverless technology the better. I imagine a few traffic cops might have objections though.

deaston

phillw wrote: »

Speed on it's own rarely causes accidents and it's not even the cause in the majority of accidents that involve death. Police have more worthwhile things to do than enforce stupid speed restrictions.

Do you have a link to the evidence for your statement? I'd be interested to read it as I think speed is a big factor in accidents.

Speed limits factor in road conditions, visibility etc. Not to mention noise pollution for residents and the safety of the public.

By speeding, you're saying that you know better and you getting home earlier is far more important than anyone else's safety or wellbeing. I live in a 30 zone but people regularly go past at 40+ and quite often at speeds that must be close to 60. It makes road noise much more intrusive.