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19/11/2007
Penalty Point Increase Criticised
Plans to increase penalty points for speeding could "criminalise" a large section of Britain's workforce, driving instructors have warned.
The Driving Instructors Democratic Union said that the proposals could lead to many people losing their jobs and have suggested that more speed patrols, clearer road signs and increased police attention for the most persistent offenders would be more effective.
Richard Grindrod from the union said that the proposals needed more consideration. He said: "Drivers forced to take speed awareness courses after a first speeding offence are generally fairly typical motorists.
"Doubling penalty points could have the effect of causing many of them to lose their jobs with a devastating impact on their families and also on industry and the economy.
"Good policing, better intelligence and planning from local authorities in designing speed enforcement systems must play a major part in solving the speeding problem."
The union is also calling for better road knowledge education to be introduced in schools, for drivers on any first motoring offence to be re-educated and for the vehicles of the most persistent offenders to be confiscated.
(KMcA)
The Driving Instructors Democratic Union said that the proposals could lead to many people losing their jobs and have suggested that more speed patrols, clearer road signs and increased police attention for the most persistent offenders would be more effective.
Richard Grindrod from the union said that the proposals needed more consideration. He said: "Drivers forced to take speed awareness courses after a first speeding offence are generally fairly typical motorists.
"Doubling penalty points could have the effect of causing many of them to lose their jobs with a devastating impact on their families and also on industry and the economy.
"Good policing, better intelligence and planning from local authorities in designing speed enforcement systems must play a major part in solving the speeding problem."
The union is also calling for better road knowledge education to be introduced in schools, for drivers on any first motoring offence to be re-educated and for the vehicles of the most persistent offenders to be confiscated.
(KMcA)
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