The Department for Transport is to publish a consultation before Christmas on doubling the number of points given to speeding drivers, according to a report in The Times.
Under the proposals drivers caught doing 45mph or more in a 30mph limit are likely to face six points and a £100 fine, up from the current three points and £60 fine.
The Government is also reconsidering its earlier proposal to lower the number of points for drivers caught just over the limit. Hitting a pedestrian at 35mph is twice as likely to kill them as hitting them at 30mph, a message given by Department for Transport road safety ads.
To lower points for drivers clearly endangering vulnerable road users would undermine this message and fly in the face of common sense.
That’s all very well but what about tougher charges, such as ‘careless’ or ‘dangerous’ driving, to be brought against drivers who deliberately take the risk of travelling at speeds, which endanger lives.
The proposed fine of £100 for a higher level speeding offence is low compared to fines for relatively minor offences, such as dropping litter, that is often much higher. £100 is absolutely no deterrent to a would be speeding driver, How about £10,000 and a five year ban. That’s the deterrent.
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