UK serfs take note: Potential Ban On Driving By Speeding Twice

Motorists could be automatically banned from the road after two speeding tickets under government reforms unveiled today.

The tougher measures would apply to drivers who break the speed limit by a significant margin. Other proposals involve drivers under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

Those who twice break the speed limit by a large margin – 20mph or more – could be given six penalty points, resulting in a potential ban after two offences. A driver with 12 points is automatically disqualified.

Currently drivers receive a £60 fine and three points regardless of their speed.

Provisional government figures showed this month that the number of people killed on the roads this spring fell by 20% compared with the same period in 2007.

There were 580 fatalities between April and June 2008, compared with 721 in the same three months last year.

Jim Fitzpatrick, the roads safety minister, said more could be done to cut the numbers. He will outline the proposals in a written statement to the Commons.

Fitzpatrick said the law may need to change so drivers taking illegal drugs could be prosecuted.

"There is no legislation in place like drink-driving where we could clearly, easily prosecute anybody who does have illegal drugs in the system which is impairing their ability to drive," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Fitzparick said the government would consider whether the legal alcohol limit for driving should be lowered. There would be a "very serious discussion" on the issue during the three-month consultation on the proposals.

"There will be suggestions to lower (the limit) and we will be looking at that during the course of the consultation. This is the starting point for action."

The AA president, Edmund King, said the organisation welcomed moves to combat driving under the influence of drugs. "This is the big killer that is not well reflected in official statistics. Many police officers have told us drug-driving could be as big a problem as drink-driving,'' he said.

"While welcoming the principle of harsher sentences for more extreme speeding, there must be safeguards. Speed limits must be appropriate and well signed.

"We don't want someone losing their licence because tree branches obscured the signs."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/20/driving-offences-speeding
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UK serfs take note: Potential Ban On Driving By Speeding Twice

UK serfs take note: Potential Ban On Driving By Speeding Twice

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