SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS

Almost a quarter of drivers think it is acceptable to speed if they think the limit is too low

Drivers still distinguish between 'ordinary, safe speeding drivers' and 'dangerous speeding drivers'

For England & Wales in 2004, there were 5.9m motoring offences dealt with officially by police of which 2.1m were speed limit offences.

Motorists caught racing through motorway roadworks ended up being hit by more than £5m worth of speeding tickets last year..

Of the 2.1m speeding offences, 1.9m were fixed penalty notices.

In 2007 there are expected to be 3 million speeding tickets issued !

Magistrates’ court proceedings account for 172,327 including 1,540 proceedings discontinued, 42 committals for trial, 27,555 charges withdrawn/cases dismissed and 143,190 findings of guilt.

Only 8,097 received official warnings.Motorists caught racing through motorway roadworks ended up being hit by more than £5m worth of speeding tickets last year..

You could assume that the 27,555 charges that were withdrawn were owing to the successful cases handled by solicitors specialising in this area.

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