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Revenge of the Speed Cameras

By Chris Proctor @ Jan 16, 2013 in Motoring Offences

Did you know that the most profitable speed camera in Britain generates £568,080 revenue each year? Did you also know that the UK has the highest number of speed camera installations in the world? Our motoring and driving offence solicitors put together this infographic based on some of...

Careless driving - pay attention or pay the penalty!

By Chris Proctor @ Jun 18, 2012 in Motoring Offences

Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has recently announced new proposals that will target careless drivers. Under the proposals put forward for a consultation, which is due to run until the 5th September, the Police would be granted powers entitling them to issue a fixed penalty of...

Watch your speed or pay the price!

By Chris Proctor @ May 31, 2012 in Motoring Offences

Those of us that drive are constantly being reminded about our carbon footprint and the need to reduce our carbon emissions. It is evident that this message is spreading due to the rise in the number of 'greener' cars on our roads. Perhaps that and the exorbitant rise in fuel prices!...

Are all of your LGVs and PCVs Insured or SORN’d?

By Laura Hadzik @ May 10, 2012 in Road Transport Law

Since 20 June 2011, it has been an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle (as well as to drive an uninsured vehicle).  The new rules mean that any vehicle in your fleet i.e. those in use and those not in use (even if they are parked off-road at the operating centre) must either be insured...

The REAL cost of a motoring conviction!

By Chris Proctor @ May 1, 2012 in Motoring Offences

Over a million fixed penalties are handed out to motorists every year for what many would regard as minor motoring offences.  A prime example of a minor motoring offence is speeding, where a person is travelling at a speed that is only slightly over the limit. Another example is driving...

Speed camera £87m total not linked to casualty fall, say groups

By JMW @ Jul 8, 2010 in Motoring Offences

Figures revealed by two campaigning groups show that more than £65m was collected in fixed penalty payments from motorists in England and Wales in 2008-09 after they were caught on speed cameras . With court fines imposed by magistrates' courts for other motoring offences such as failing to...

Foreign drivers' use of magnets to avoid motoring offence criticised

By JMW @ Jun 9, 2010 in

Foreign lorry drivers, who use magnets to cheat on their tachograph readings and commit a motoring offence in the UK, should be punished with disqualification, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA) . The chief executive of the haulage industry representative organisation, Geoff...