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Below are the news items found in the "Fines & Points" category.

3500 invalid speeding tickets [read more]
21-Feb-08 | Source: Herts 24 | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: What a pity they can’t undo the damage caused to innocent drivers who wrongly lost their license or job because of the arrogance of the speed camera culture.
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Fines to go up by Ł15 to compensate victims of serious crime [read more]
9-Mar-07 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Schemes & Plans, Fines & Points
Comment: Drivers exceeding the speed limit will have to compensate victims of robbers and murderers. Where is the logic and justice in that?
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Refunds for drivers as London partnership admits blunder [read more]
23-Jun-05 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Location Issues, Fines & Points
Comment: Stress and anger caused by dodgy speed traps taking advantage of unusual speed limits
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Speeding fines soar by 44% and road deaths increased too [read more]
27-Apr-05 | Source: Telegraph | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: It's time for the failed road safety policies to change. We want to see less people killed on roads, not more. This needs to be done without making nearly half of all drivers a criminal.
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Traffic police chief faces misconduct proceedings for speeding at double the limit [read more]
18-Apr-05 | Source: BBC News | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: Yet another case of do what I say, not as I do.
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12 million people caught by speed cameras [read more]
5-Apr-05 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: Road deaths have increased under Labour, but hey, they've made ?400m in fines thank you very much.
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Duke of Gloucester resigns as president of the Institute of Advanced Motorists after driving ban
24-Jan-05 | Source: Scotsman | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: Does being caught for speeding 4 times in the last 3 years make him a bad driver or just unlucky? Either way it's not a good image for the IAM.
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Cameras confuse number plates and issue fines to innocent drivers [read more]
23-Dec-04 | Source: Auto Express | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: We stand by the AA?s advice but we point out that by keeping your number plate clean will not exempt you from this identity mix up issue. It?s the cars with similar plates to yours that need to be kept clean. If your plate is dirty the chances increase of a camera misreading it, although it's illegal to have a dirty plate.
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North Wales cameras net ?3.4m in fines [read more]
1-Oct-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: There is a conflict of interests when police and magistrates keep most of the cash. How can you be sure that the magistrate's impartiality hasn?t been compromised given that their organisation will get a share of any fine they decide to impose?
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World Rally Championship drivers in Wales watched between stages by 18 speed camera vans and cameras mounted on motorbikes. 525 caught speeding compared to 1616 in 2002.
22-Sep-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Fines & Points
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Former policeman come mayor, Ray Mallon, caught speeding at 75mph through 50mph roadworks will pay his fine even though he admits the laws says the warning sign should have been illuminated.
18-Sep-04 | Source: Sky News | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: Should you pay a speeding fine even if the trap was not totally legal? If you value your freedom and rights you should fight it. It seem that Mallon doesn't want to embarrass his former police colleagues.
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8000 motorists illegally prosecuted but won't get refunded or points dropped [read more]
3-Sep-04 | Source: Safe Speed | Category: Fines & Points, Crazy
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Shake-up planned to reform speeding fines with 3 levels of severity [read more]
1-Sep-04 | Category: Fines & Points, Schemes & Plans
Comment: If Mr Darling was serious about showing the public that it's all about safety and not making money he should remove or reduce the fine to nothing more than a nominal admin charge. I wonder how keen the police and Partnerships would be in dishing out fines if that was the case?
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?55,000 of fines issued by one police bike in just 38 hours [read more]
11-Aug-04 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Fines & Points
Comment: If the partnerships and camera units really wanted to see less drivers break speed limits then they would be putting their own jobs at risk, plus the 100's of support staff and administrators. Not to mention the Treasury missing out on several ?m a year in income from fines. This bike is a highly efficient revenue generating machine. If they wanted to prevent accidents while retaining public support they'd drive it around the country roads to increase awareness which will make drivers slow down. It could also double as a patrol vehicle to help catch the real criminals who mug and murder people.
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Camera detectors are to be banned with fines up to ?1000 and six points if caught using one.
16-Jul-04 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Detection Prevention, Fines & Points
Comment: An attempt to ensure no one cheats the authorities from their extra revenue. When will the speed camera obsession stop?
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Government plans to revamp points system for speeding. If you are just over the limit (35 in a 30 zone) you receive 2 points. This could increase on a scale up to 6 points for doing 60 in a 30 zone.
17-May-04 | Category: Schemes & Plans, Fines & Points
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1.6 million speeding fines were issued in 2002 according to new figures. Essex Police issued more tickets than any other force - over 200,000.
17-May-04 | Category: Fines & Points
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