Motorists are Victims of Hike in Fines

The Government have changed speeding fines to £100 to raise £50 million a year to help crime victims. Before these fines were raised, the Crime Victims’ Fund raised up to £10 million a year. The Administration hope that this will lead to criminals being unable to claim compensation. Also those victims who suffer from minor injuries will no longer be compensated. People speeding should realise that speeding fines will rise more than 60%, around £20 of this fine will go to the Crime Victims’ Fund. Motorists caught driving whilst on the phone, not wearing a seatbelt or speeding will see their fine to rise from £80 to £100. Motorists who undertake, cut up other vehicles or tailgate may just be handed this fixed penalty instead of going to court. HSandCo are specialists at dealing with these cases. In your defence.

Fixed penalty notices for careless driving on the horizon

Transport Minister Mike Penning has said that the current enforcement process for careless driving is time consuming and inefficient. As such, fixed penalties and even education training are proposed. M23LAW solicitors believe that fixed penalties and education training may well be reserved for very low-level careless driving incidents. More serious incidents will still progress to the magistrates court, where 3 to 9 penalty points / discretionary disqualification and a higher financial order can be imposed. M23LAW also recommend consulting one of this firm’s lawyers before accepting any fixed penalty. See: http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/statements/penning-20120614a http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-25/

Proposed Increase on Fixed Penalty Fines

Fixed penalty fines for endorsable offences such as speeding may be increased from £60.00 to £90.00 under a current consultation. This follows up key commitments from the Government’s Strategic Framework for Road Safety published in May 2011. The level of fines for many offences have not been increased since 2000. Transport Minister Mike Penning has expressed concern that there is a risk of such offences being perceived as ‘minor infringements’. There are also plans to increase the levels applicable to non-endorsable offences, motor insurance offences and graduated fixed penalties by a similar proportion. See: http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/statements/penning-20120614a http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-25/