Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to address persistent speeding by repeat offenders; and whether the use of intervening and active Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) will form part of the strategy to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Government is committed to reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads, including by supporting effective enforcement of speed limits.
Speed enforcement is an operational matter for the police, including decisions on prosecution or the offer of alternatives such as speed awareness courses. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts. Drivers who repeatedly commit speeding offences, or who commit serious speeding offences, may face penalty points, fines and, in appropriate cases, disqualification from driving.
The Government keeps the motoring offences framework under review but does not currently have any plans to introduce intelligent speed assistance for those convicted of speeding offences.
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