New Bands for Speeding in UK

[jezzaaa]

Hi guys....I can't believe there hasn't already been a thread on this subject. I had an admittedly sparse search without luck. So, is this just for cases that get court hearings, with Fixed Penalties still applied in majority of cases? Or will the fixed penalties also be graded according to how fast you were going as well?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/776062/Speeding-d...

Jezzaaa.

[jezzaaa]

zygalski said:

It's outrageous that the fines should be based on a % of weekly income. This will be a meaningful way to punish people who like to speed

There's speeding and speeding isn't there; 95mph on a motorway vs 55mph in a 30mph are clearly different levels of risk etc. And once again this is just an arbitrary penalty based on speed. I seem to remember reading something somewhere which gave me some hope, but I can't remember where. It might have been a comment on an article covering this story. It said that this has been ridiculously over reported without the context that it's only relevant where it goes to court. It said these were sentencing guidelines and didn't replace the fixed penalty scheme, which would still be employed.

Previously, up to a certain point (I think it was up to 25mph over the limit) you'd get 3 points and £100 fine fixed penalty. And only after that would you be getting a summons.

My question is, have they given bobbies/camera partnerships different bands of fixed penalties? Or will the £100 3 point fixed penalty remain?

[jezzaaa]

No you're right ... rubbish searching skills! Thanks for the deserved rebuke!

[jezzaaa]

I guess it won't be too hard for them to change the fixed penalty to be graduated to fit the bands. Let's hope they don't.