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It’s also dangerous – speed limits are there for I’ve been flashed by a mobile speed
a reason in the first place. camera van. How long will it be before I get
a ticket?
These speed camera tolerances aren’t a ‘get
out of jail free’ card. Going even 1 mile an If you’ve been flashed by a speed camera -
hour over the speed limit counts as speeding, whether mobile or fixed, you should get your
and you could be punished accordingly if Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within
caught. 14 days of the offence. The NIP is sent to
the car’s registered keeper, taken from DVLA
How many cars can a speed camera van information about the car based on its number
catch at once? plate.
Mobile speed cameras can catch speeding This means you might get a speeding ticket
vehicles in either direction, coming towards sent to you if one of your named drivers was
or away from the speed camera van. Only 1 the one doing the speeding.
car can be captured at any one time, but the
technology works incredibly fast. They can Do I need to tell my car insurance company
usually record a car’s speed quickly and move about a speeding ticket?
onto another vehicle.
Yes - you have to declare any speeding
Don’t assume you can lose yourself in the convictions or points on your driving licence to
general thrum of traffic to dodge a speeding your car insurance company.
fine.
Although points remain on your licence for 4
years, insurers use them in their calculations
What are the penalties for speeding in the for 5 years.
UK?
If the offence is minor, you might be asked to As a result, you could see your car insurance
go on a speed awareness course rather than costs hiked up because insurers might deem
take the fine and points. you to be a bigger risk
For more serious offences, though, that option According to research by Consumer
isn’t on the table and you face a fine, points on Intelligence, a speeding conviction adds
your licence and a possible ban. £50 to your annual car insurance costs, on
average.
Speeding fines are based on a percentage of
your weekly income, with the minimum fine That’s an additional £250 to pay while that
being £100. For reference, the median weekly conviction remains on your record.
UK income last year was £611.
The research also found that motorway
This is in addition to getting points on your speeding offences increased costs by more
licence. Our speeding fine calculator lets you than £100 a year.
work out any potential fine.
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