Did you know about these new driving laws coming into effect soon?
Apparantly a wave of new motoring offences have come into force with serioulsy tough penalties that will increase the chances of a ban.
The new measures, introduced under the Road Safety Act, include the raising of penalty points - from three to six - for those failing to provide information about the identity of a driver caught speeding which follows numerous incidents where motorists have claimed others were driving in order to avoid points on their licences. This is music to my ears so I am all for that one.
Further new laws include the issue of penalty points for failing to allow a drink-drive sample to be subjected to a laboratory test stay on licence for 11 years instead of four. The maximum fine for careless or inconsiderate driving doubled to £5,000 that will hurt the pockets, a minimum six-month ban for anyone using a vehicle in a dangerous condition for the second time in four years and a maximum fine for failing to stop if requested by police increased from £1,000 to £5,000.
Oh, and parents have not escaped with the maximum fine for not ensuring that children are wearing seatbelts in the back of vehicles will be raised from £200 to £500.
Is this such a bad thing? I wonder. Is zero tolerance the answer for offending motorist’s to clean up their act?
FemaleFirst Jackie Violet