This came from a friend in the ABD:

As many of you know, the government is proposing to introduce a new points
system for driving penalties in which doing 76mph on a motorway (yes,
seventy-six miles per hour) would get you either 12 or 15 points!!! Do it twice
and you are BANNED FOR SIX MONTHS. Not only that, but future penalty points
remain active for SIX years instead of three for anyone who has been banned.

Although there are some small increases in penalties for careless and dangerous
driving, the relative importance attached to them can be seen in the proposed
points system: doing 85mph on a motorway *once* gets you the same penalty as a
*second* careless driving conviction within five years.

No government wants to introduce legislation which will cost it lots of votes,
so the govt obviously believes that people will welcome these proposals. It's
vital that we make them realise that this isn't the case.

I strongly urge everyone to visit my webpage at:

Count me in!!
I will be registering my objections.

Just make sure you have your inflatable Jack Straw dummy in the back. Works every time... http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/mad.gif

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<B>Just make sure you have your inflatable Jack Straw dummy in the back. Works every time... http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/mad.gif[/quote]

... with realistic hair http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif!

One letter to be prepared tonight.

Anybody that reads this and is annoyed (or worse) at the above, and isn't a member of the Association of British Drivers already, should visit

Responses regarding this proposal should be sent to:

<I>Jisha SALIM
Sentencing and Offences Unit
Home Office
50 Queen Annes Gate
LONDON
SW1H 9AT</I>

Fax: 0207 273 4345
E-Mail:

Cheers Stuart, does this mean you have already sent in your opinion? http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif

Just read & digested the info.....
Have saved the text & will compile a letter tomorrow.

Have a butchers at this as well.

Letter written to both MP and Jisha Salim.

C'mon everyone there is still a couple of weeks left to respond unless you <I>really</I> fancy walking everywhere http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/mad.gif

Well now, the AA and the RAC are big sellers of insurance. If a driver gets some points on his licence, the insurance company can charge a higher premium. If a driver is banned through the totting up procedure, the insurance company can charge what it likes and the driver has little choice but to pay. If Government imposes higher penalties for set offences, then makes the likelihood of being banned more likely, do you think insurance companies will be for it, or against it?

The views of a cynic, I'm afraid, but I'd like to be proved wrong ....

Brian

Nice one Brian !

I can not believe this garbage that the government bodies continue to spout.

I will be writing too!

They go on about children all the time! MPs want to be photographed with children coming up to election time, schools, hospitals etc! Yet the government continue to underfund schools, NHS Trusts continue to NOT prioritise childrens services - but when it comes to a nice photo !!!! http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/mad.gif

The paper says that they want to consult with motoring organisations (as well as road users Ha! Ha! ) Does anyone know what the policy of the AA & RAC etc are?

Mick

We need to keep this at the top until EVERYONE has written in

I suppose any attempt to try to reduce accidents / severity however misguided would be seen by insurance companies as a +ve step.

My letters posted

Just a reminder chaps that this has already been covered on

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<B>I suppose any attempt to try to reduce accidents / severity however misguided would be seen by insurance companies as a +ve step.[/quote]


And don't forget that organisations such as the AA/RAC that claim to respresent the motorists of this country, generally sell car insurance. Therefore it really is in their best financial interests to have cars in the UK being driven at much slower speeds.

C