Most recently answered speeding questions
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I was recently caught on camera doing 38mph in a 30mph limit area. The police authority offered me a speed awareness course at £90 with zero points or a £60 fine with three points on my licence. I chose...
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I was pulled over at 10.30pm last night for doing 46 in a 30. The police car was in a lay-by with his lights off. I saw him as I drove past and watched him pull out and follow me with his lights off for...
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I was served a NIP which I duly completed admitting that I was the offending driver. No other details were required nor any details of the alleged offence were offered.
Suffice to say that I was driving...
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We received a letter from the police just over a month ago regarding a speeding fine. In the letter they stated that they were aware we were not the owner of the car at the time of the offence, but asked...
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It seems Swindon is piloting the Spanish system of speed sensitive traffic lights, which you have often championed in your column.
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I recently saw something I have never seen before: an honest approach to dealing with speeding that is motivated by road safety rather than revenue collection. Driving in France along a straight stretch...
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I recall reading an article about how a speed camera recorded details if a vehicle was over the limit, but not sufficiently so to issue a ticket, and those records were kept on a site accessible to the...
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I have recently returned from Australia where I was driving a hired car. I have now received two speeding fines in the post relating to being caught on camera.
As I drove over 3600 miles in four weeks...
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To realise the depths to which the ‘law’ can sink in the UK, please search for "SPEED CAMERA DEBACLE" on YouTube.
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Last night I was flashed by gantry cameras on the M25 which I am told now enforce the national limit even when the variable function is switched off. As I had the cruise set on a respectable 73 mph how...