It only applies if outside the range of speed to issue a fixed penalty - eg 96+ mph in a 70 limit.

Frankly, at that speed a ban would be more appropriate.

Indeed, though a former boss of mine would've been bankrupted had the link to his income been taken into account the number of times he was speeding very excessively!

Saw some guy in a (I think) Touareg on the way home, barrelling along (in the dark and rain) at 90+ coming up to the scene of an accident where most other drivers were already backing off...then had to slam on the anchors to avoid rear-ending another driver who had been braking for a while...idiot. Some people are just an accident waiting to happen.

Too many cops doing ridiculous amounts of (politically-correct and mostly needless) paperwork and not out and about nicking people!

Many thanks Rachel for drawing our attention to it.