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As you may have seen in the newsletter from early October, 74 year old John Anderson received a speeding ticket for driving at 60mph on a motorway, and spent £12,000 on his defense. And this was just to have the case thrown out the day before he was due in Court, meaning that he couldn’t claim back … Read more

– Is it for Diesel only? Yes, the Member Fuel Card will initially be for Diesel Fuel Only. Fuel discount cards are much more established for Diesel users because most of them are businesses who issue fuel cards to their fleet vehicles, which are mostly all diesel. My plan is to see how many Members … Read more

A new “super” mobile speed camera that’s currently being used in France could be coming to the UK… According to Visor Down, the Parifex Nano mobile speed camera has been “authorised to begin trials” in the UK: The camera uses lidar (laser) to scan the road over 360 degrees in all directions. It can measure … Read more

Dear All, DriveProtect has been running for 10 Years this month! During that time I’ve met a lot of speeding lawyers… Lawyers are one of those professions that people love to hate. I must confess that I used to dislike them myself… From a young age it’s been presented to us in the mainstream media … Read more

  Dear All, The Metropolitan Police have just started testing a flying DRONE speed camera to catch Motorists in London. They’ll be using the ‘speed camera in the sky’ to “catch dangerous drivers”. The type of drone the Met is using is manufactured by Canadian company Aeryon. It was designed to be used for tactical surveillance in … Read more

  Dear All, It was reported recently that 4 speeding drivers are caught in the UK every 15 seconds. In the space of one year almost 2.3 million people were given a speeding ticket in the UK. These figures are a little out of date, so my strong suspicion is that it’s significantly more drivers … Read more

According to a report seen by a mainstream Sunday newspaper, the National Police Chiefs’ Council have started an official review, with a view to fining motorists for doing just 1mph over the speed limit. This idea has been discussed in the press before, but now seems like a distinct possibility of becoming a reality in … Read more

  I was thinking the other day while driving to visit my parents on the south coast that it feels like the new speed limit on motorways is 50mph… For what felt like half the journey I was looking at my Talex constantly to make sure I wasn’t going over the speed limit. It was … Read more

  I was driving home from a kart race last week. It was around 11pm and as I was about to turn off the motorway the overhead gantry read; “Stranded vehicle ahead”. I know this stretch of road on the M20 and so knew that there are “smart motorway” cameras about a mile or so … Read more

  A Freedom of Information request by a Motorist fined by a Speed Camera on London’s North Circular has uncovered that the camera made £1.5 million in fines in just six-months! Terry Payne made the Freedom of Information request after being fined by the camera last year. It revealed that since it went live in … Read more