Jerome

See here

Petem95

Fairer fines for people just over the limit, and higher fines for those going faster.... sounds like spin to me....

looks like basically what theyre doing is introducing new fines for going just over the limit, and raising existing fines

Tiggs

makes sense....how can this be unfair? cant please some ppl!

RichieD

But what they 'forgot' to mention was that the current 'grace' (to take into account of speedometer error) will be abolished and that anyone travelling even 1mph over the speed limit *will* get nicked..... yet AGAIN more 'clever' spin!

See www.peppoo.com for threads all about this....

Iwan

Cool, now they can get 4 fines out of a motorist before he's/she's banned instead of 3 - a potential 33% increase in the revenue stream.

Dracoro

TBH, I'm not too concerned about the fines/points, I'd rather they'd address the limits themselves. Too many inappropriate ones are being lowered, many too high ones in built up areas and motorway limits that are a joke.

Incidentally the message that is sent out by these new fines is that it's 'safer' to do 39 in a built up area with loads of pedestrians than doing 94 on an empty motorway. Go figure!

Tiggs

glass half empty moaner alert!

TaviaRS

What next, new tariff for murder?

3-5 years for a knife
5-7 years for an axe
10-15 for a lead pipe
life for firearms