Tougher speeding laws will affect courier drivers
Date: 12 November 2007
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The government is planning to introduce new speeding laws that will affect courier drivers.
According to the Times, the Department for Transport is looking to introduce higher fines for drivers - including courier owner drivers - caught at 45mph or more in a 30mph zone.
They would be charged double the current amount - meaning that they would get a £100 fine and six penalty points on their licence, compared to a £60 fine and three points.
This means that couriers could face losing their licence, and their livelihoods of carrying loads, if they are caught speeding twice.
It is unclear whether or not there will be a lower penalty for those drivers caught at just a few miles per hour over the limit.
Paul Smith of road safety group Safe Speed said: "Drivers will rightly be concerned that they will be faced with losing their licences for six months after two perfectly routine cases of driving safely.
"We all know that exceeding the speed limit isn't automatically dangerous."
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