It Doesn’t Pay To Be A Flasher

Monday, 31. January 2011

So there you are driving down the road, minding your own business when you see, hidden in the bushes on the other side of the road, the old bill hiding in the undergrowth with a speed camera. Obviously, believing that drivers travelling in the other direction, seeing the camera at the last minute, and swerving across the road into oncoming vehicles, could present a severe danger. Or seeing the officer at the last minute and suddenly braking could cause a multi car pile up, so you perform Read more »

Speeding Motorists Are Still A Nice Little Earner

Tuesday, 26. August 2008

Not much has been reported for a while about speeding fines. Probably because the local authorities are carefully playing it down as latest statistics show that speeding fines have increased four fold since labour came to power. Home office statistics show that 1.8 million tickets are issued annually or 4,850 every day, compared to 713,000 in 1997. In 1997 the amount of money raised in fines was £28.5 million, in 2006 the figure had risen to Read more »