Speeding motorists and those caught driving while using a mobile phone face increased fines in proposals contained in the Government’s new Strategic Frameworkd for Road Safety.
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On current levels of offending it has been calculated that the increase in speeding fines alone would raise an extra £35m in revenue – fines for other motoring offences are also likely to rise. However the Government has said it also has to bear in mind when setting fixed penalty levels, the likelihood that setting them too high will increase levels of non-payment – although there is an argument that it is exactly those who fail to pay such fines who should be the focus of the Government’s new ‘targeted approach’ to enforcement and deterence when it comes to pursuing rogue drivers. As well as fines the Strategic Framework proposes increased use of educational programmes for erring drivers.
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[B’ Spokes: Whoops, wrong country, we only raise fines for towing away illegally parked vehicles, silly me thinking fines related to road safety.]
https://road.cc/content/news/35790-fines-bad-driving-set-rise-first-time-11-yearsoldId.20110513155903470
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