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<\/p>\nDrivers should be fined for going just 1mph over the speed limit, a group of MPs and peers will demand.<\/p>\n
In a new report, set to be published tomorrow, the All Parliamentary Group for Cyling and Walking will call for tolerances in the enforcement of speeding to be removed.<\/p>\n
Most police foces have a tolerance of 10 per cent plus 2mph above the limit before drivers face prosecution for speeding.<\/p>\n
This means that motorists\u00a0are likely to face action if they go at 24mph in a 20mph limit, or 35mph in a 30mph limit, for example.<\/p>\n
But the APPG, made up of cross-party MPs and peers, will call for the tolerances to be removed as one of 10 recommendations in their report.<\/p>\n
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In a new report, set to be published tomorrow, the All Parliamentary Group for Cyling and Walking will call for tolerances in the enforcement of speeding to be removed<\/p>\n
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Most police foces have a tolerance of 10 per cent plus 2mph above the limit before drivers face prosecution for speeding<\/p>\n
According to the Sunday Times, the report will state: ‘If the working assumption is that one can speed (to an extent) with impunity, this fosters a belief that traffic law does not need to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n
‘We hold the view that speed limits and their enforcement represent the foundation of road justice because speeding accounts for the lion’s share of offences committed on the roads.’<\/p>\n
The APPG will also call for ministers to consider the\u00a0introduction of escalating penalties for repeat traffic offences; a requirement for\u00a0<\/span>re-testing for anyone wishing to drive following any period of disqualification; and an increase in the\u00a0maximum sentence for dangerous driving to four years.<\/p>\n Among their recommendations, they also want the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to guide police forces to bail drivers they arrest for dangerous driving with a condition not to drive.<\/p>\n According to Brake, the road safety charity, a car’s typical stopping distance almost halves to 12 metres from 23 metres when a car is going 20mph, compared to 30mph.\u00a0<\/p>\n Edmund King, president of the AA, told the newspaper: ‘Speed limits are there for a reason and people should respect them.<\/p>\n ‘But if people are too paranoid about going 1mph or 2mph above the speed limit, that’s not conducive to road safety.<\/p>\n ‘It is better to be able to see a cyclist on the left hand side of the road, or a pedestrian stepping out from the right, rather than just to stare at the speedometer.’<\/p>\n