Major increase in speeding fines from 24th April

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Major increase in speeding fines from 24th April

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You have been warned.

Speeding fines to increase to £2500 :80: the days of the £60 fine are long gone.

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Re: Major increase in speeding fines from 24th April

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So people will be means tested even for the smallest offence?? That's a lot of administration, but I'm sure it will pay for itself.
I think the income cap at 47k is a bit unfair.
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The local radio today has been full of a speed recorded on Dartmoor of 117 in a 40 zone , but they do not know if it was a car or a bike they are saying , so in which case it may have been police car responding to an emergency i reckon , Highly trained drivers that regularly kill pedestrians on crossings,etc etc
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If they recorded the speed, how can they not know what it was?

As for means testing, and the cap, that's really fair!
£2.5k (max fine) isn't so much to someone on £2k a week, by it's a sh*tload to someone on £2k/mth.
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