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Dangerous Driving: Rural Areas

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 February 2025UIN 31393

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce speeding on rural lanes and highways.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Excess speed is still a major cause of death and serious injury on our roads. Anyone who breaks the speed limit should expect to face sanction.

Enforcement of speeding offences in rural lanes and highways and the deployment of available resources and capabilities is an operational matter for individual Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to determine, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.

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