A third of motorists in the UK are handed fines every year as police and local authorities increase the use of remote cameras to catch drivers, new research has revealed.
Each year sees 12 million chauffeurs in the UK handed fines by the police and local authorities, according to a new report by the RAC Foundation. At eight million, vehicle parking fines represented the overwhelming majority of fines, though local authorities were found to hand 2.5 million penalties for box junction and bus lane violations, as well.
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A even more one million speed and red light video camera fines were issued in the same 12 month period along with 500,000 fines for late licensing and a lack of insurance.
However, the actual number of fines and penalties could be higher if chauffeurs weren’t currently given educational courses as alternatives to fines. The 12 million total does not include the annual 1.2 million chauffeurs who are given speed awareness courses as alternatives to speeding fines and the 200,000 chauffeurs who were given chauffeur awareness courses as an alternative.
The study cites growing use of cameras as a reason for the enhanced number of fines issued. In 2011, 52 per cent of fixed penalty notices were camera-detected. This rose to 74 per cent in 2015, while private vehicle parking fines have risen three-fold because 2012.