The biggest offender was caught doing 152mph speedster by Sussex Police, while an offender was stopped by Tayside Police doing 149mph and a driver in the Thames Valley Police area was doing 142mph. According to data from the 36 police forces who responded, there were 955,459 speeding offences in 2011 – up from 899,934 in 2010.

In a separate survey of motrorists by LV, since 2009, 9% had been caught speeding and 17% of these have been caught more than once. The survey showed that 71% could not name the speed limit on a rural road, single carriageway, dual carriageway, motorway or a road in a built-up area.

When shown photographs of different road situations, 33% could not correctly identify the 60mph speed limit for a single carriageway and 52% did not know the speed limit on a rural road without street lights.

In terms of the national speed limit, 30% believed that the 70mph speed limit is too slow, with over 60% welcoming the proposal to increase the limit to 80mph. Over 40% say they routinely break the current 70mph limit when they think they can get away with it. However, as may be expected, Government proposals to increase speeding fines from £60 to £100 were not welcomed, with 40% seeing the increase as an unfair tax.

The jury at Peterborough Crown Court found him guilty of dangerous driving, a claim which the defendant rejected as he said he was in control of the bike all the time and that he was an experienced rider and his bike was built to be driven at speed.

This was clearly not a case of going a little over the speed limit. Unfortunately, at such high speeds the ability to react to unexpected problems and the actions or mistakes of others is significantly affected. The rider clearly had no idea who was behind him (the police motorcyclist) and if the road users in front of him were equally careless as he was about to overtake them, a fatal accident could have resulted.

The retired computer engineer was caught doing 52mph in a 40mph zone in Manchester.

He denies that he was speeding and says the recording was wrong. The case went to Manchester Crown Court in 2009 when his appeal was dismissed but now he has taken the case to the High Courtt.

The outcome of the case could have major repercussions with regards to the conviction of thousands of other motorists who have been fined having been caught by similar speeding devices.

The central claim to the charges is that it is alleged that Chris Huhne arranged for someone else to say that they were driving his vehicle at the time of an alleged speeding offence in 2003. Both Mr Huhne and his former wife Vicki Pryce who claimed that she was driving, will be in court in February to face the charges. If found guilty Mr Huhne may well face a spell in jail. If acquitted it is likely thyat he will be invited back into the cabinet.

Lowdnes, 41 also kept meticulous records of his transactions. This was bad news for those who had passed him his NIPs. Some 250 people have been arrested and some have been given jail terms or suspended sentences. During the investigation, police officers also discovered that he was involved in an extensive credit card fraud.

The campaign is called ‘Speeding: no-one thinks big of you’focuses on information, advice and discussion on the road safety team’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.

The campaign features posters depicting young females waving their little fingers, ‘pinkies’, at guys who are speeding or driving dangerously to show off. The message is that young girls are not impressed by young men who speed. The campaign differs from many other campaigns which graphically depict the consequences of speeding and dangerous driving

The second highest earning speed camera is located at Anglesea Road in Portsmouth (part of the A3), which caught an average of 537 motorists a month, which works out at an estimated £387,000 per year.

The A40 Western Avenue in London was the third highest earner with 499 speeding motorists per month having to pay an estimated £359,000 in speeding fines.

The lowest earning speed trap is on the A348 in Ferndown, Dorset, which caught hasn’t caught a single vehicle speeding in three years. Either this is a badly located camera or it’s doing its job very well at ensuring that motorists adhere to the speed limit.
The most perilous route for avoiding speed fines is a 12 mile stretch of road along the seafront in Brighton which is lined with 11 cameras that caught over 18000 drivers in three years.

How much revenue do UK speed cameras raise?
The UK has approximately 6,000 speed cameras, which generate around £100m a year in speeding tickets.

The singer was clocked at 105mph on the northbound M6 in April 2011. Brown was represented by well known speeding lawyer Nick Freeman who claimed that a driving ban would make it difficult to see his son whoi lived in London and to get to rehearsals for the band’s upcoming tour. He was clocked doing 105 mph by a following police car. Foolishly the singer had declined roadside a “fixed penalty notice” which would have saved him a lot of bother. This is apparently Brown’s second speeding offence, the first some years ago has expired from his licence which was for three penalty points.