Fixed penalty changes

Most motoring fixed penalties offences rise under the changes:

• a non-endorsable (where the driver does not receive points on their licence) £30 fixed penalty notice has risen to £50
• an endorsable (where points are given) £60 and non-endorsable fixed penalty notice has risen to £100
• an endorsable £120 fixed penalty notice has risen to £200
• the fixed penalty notice for driving with no insurance has risen from £200 to £300

Graduated fixed penalties (mainly for commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles and including offences like drivers’ hours and overloading) and financial deposits (for drivers without a satisfactory UK address) have also increased:

• a £30 non-endorsable fine has risen to £50
• a £60 endorsable and non-endorsable fine has risen to £100
• a £120 endorsable and non-endorsable fine has risen to £200
• a £200 endorsable and non-endorsable fine has risen to £300

The consultation took place from 14 June 2012 to 5 September 2012.
As with other existing fixed penalty notice offences, such as speeding, police forces are also able to offer careless drivers the option of remedial training.
Endorsable road traffic offences contribute to a significant number of casualties. For example, in 2011, excess speed contributed to 213 deaths and using a mobile phone while driving contributed to 374 road casualties.
Though penalty levels have increase, penalty points will not change. Fixed penalty notices for parking, waiting and obstruction offences remain unchanged.