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You could get a fine and penalty points if you're caught speeding, or could even lose your licence
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
The courts can fine you and ‘endorse’ your driving record with penalty…
Each endorsement has a special code and is given ‘penalty points’ on a…
Endorsements stay on your driving record for 4 or 11 years depending on…
Your licence will be cancelled (revoked) if you get 6 or more points…
If you get a fixed penalty notice for a motoring offence, you do not need…
Most expired endorsements will automatically be removed from your driving…
View your driving licence record to see what penalty points you have and…
A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting
Penalties and fines, speeding, drink-driving, parking fines, appeals
Data and statistics about the vehicle speed compliance on roads in Great Britain.
Data about vehicle speed compliance on roads in Great Britain, produced by Department for Transport.
Local speed limits are set by the council
What happens if you're stopped by the police while driving - breath tests, motoring offences, faults with your vehicle, seizing your vehicle
The prospectus sets out why we need to go further than the existing programme of reform for infrastructure, and how our new approach will bear down on the drivers of delay, high costs and inefficiency.
An analysis of people who were killed and seriously injured due to excessive speed and identifying any emerging trends which could be used by departmental officials to reduce casualty numbers.
Signals, stopping procedures, lighting, control of the vehicle, speed limits, stopping distances, lines and lane markings and multi-lane carriageways, smoking, mobile phones and sat nav.
When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences
Car driver compliance with speed limits on roads in Great Britain during July to September 2020.
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
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