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New £100 On-The-Spot Fines Announced

Motorists who are caught ‘hogging’ the middle lane and the motoring and those seen cutting up motorists will face on-the-spot fines of £100 as well as 3 penalty points in a new crackdown against anti-social driving.

Other targets include motorists who do not give way at junctions, use the wrong lane at a roundabout and those who are seen tailgate other drivers.

The idea behind the government announcement is to free up the police time which is being spent on court cases. Latest figures suggest just 26,500 motorists are prosecuted for careless driving in England and Wales each year, with 20,800 being found guilty.

Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond said “Careless drivers are a menace and their negligence puts innocent people’s lives at risk.

“That is why we are making it easier for the police to tackle problem drivers by allowing them to immediately issue a fixed penalty notice rather than needing to take every offender to court.

“We are also increasing penalties for a range of driving offences to a level which reflects their seriousness and which will ensure that they are consistent with other similar penalty offences.”

However some concerns were raised by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and its director of policy Neil Grieg. He said, “This is a major change in traffic law enforcement and the IAM is concerned that issuing fixed penalty tickets for careless driving downplays the seriousness of the offence.

“Careless covers a wide range of poor to reckless driving behaviour that often merits further investigation.

“This could free up traffic police time and allow them to maintain a higher profile.

“But without traffic cops out on the road to enforce this new approach it will have little impact on road safety.”

Other changes will see the fine for not wearing a seat belt or for using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving increased from £60 to £100 and the fixed penalty for driving without insurance will double from £100 to £200.

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