The Department for Transport have recently revealed that drivers caught speeding could face up to six points on their licence.
The Road Safety Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, said;
“In cases of extreme speeding only, there is a proposal to increase the penalty to six points to ensure the punishment corresponds better to the offence.”
For some motorists in Cheltenham recently, although facing the prospect of increased car insurance premiums after Gloucestershire police launched an operation against speeding motorists, can look forward to receiving the current fixed penalty fines etc.
PC Mark Love of Cheltenham Town Centre Safer Community Team said that the intention of the operation was to offer:-
“Additional reassurance to people living and working in the town centre that we take the matter of speeding very seriously and will continue to clamp down on individuals who drive irresponsibly and at dangerous speeds.”
15 drivers were caught speeding during the operation with 13 being issued with fixed penalty notices. Any speeding conviction must be disclosed to your insurer who may increase your insurance premium at next renewal as a result.
RoadPilot recently revealed that 71 per cent of those surveyed owned up to speeding.
There may be an alternative on the horizon however, as under the new proposals being put forward for consideration at the Dept. for Transport is to permit offenders the option of taking a road safety course as an alternative to having the penalty points put on their licence.
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