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Imagination is limitless, our roads are not!
Imagine a place where speed limits do not exist and you could spend the day pretending you were Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button. Now imagine a place where speed limits do exist and pretending to be Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button could result in you losing your licence!
A recent survey...
Premiership footballer makes premier mistake!
Leon McKenzie, a former premiership footballer, has received a 6 month prison sentence and an 18 month driving ban for perverting the course of justice.
Mr. McKenzie received six notices of intended prosecution (NIPs) over a two year period requesting information relating to the identity...
Coalition Cabinet Minister charged with Speeding and Perverting the Course of Justice
News has just come in that Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, will be prosecuted for speeding and perverting the course of justice.
It is alleged that Mr Huhne's ex - wife, Vicky Pryce, accepted responsibility for a speeding offence committed by Mr Huhne in...
UK speed offence enforcement is harsh; relatively speaking!
The speed of light is widely held to be the Universe's 'ultimate' speed limit. That was until scientists in Switzerland sent sub atomic particles over to Gran Sasso, Italy, breaking the 'speed limit' on the way. Luckily enough for these plucky scientists, the authorities in both Italy and...
Committing a motoring offence; taboo or not taboo that is the question?
A recent study conducted by the Centre for the Study of Integrity, which was set up by the University of Essex, suggests that motoring offences such as drink driving, speeding and failing to stop and report an accident are becoming more socially acceptable when compared to societal...
Name mix-up with actor results in speeding let-off for explorer
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has not been prosecuted for an alleged speeding offence in Northwich, Cheshire, because the Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) was not addressed to him but to actor Ralph Fiennes, who is a distant cousin. This is the second time Sir Ranulph, who is the...
Speed camera £87m total not linked to casualty fall, say groups
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...
