HC Deb 18 July 1977 vol 935 cc366-7W
Mr. John H. Osborn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now take steps to ensure that penalties for speeding offences are consistent throughout the country and consistent also with the penalties for similar offences in other member countries of the EEC.

Mr. John

Section 78(a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 sets the maximum penalty for speeding offences as a fine of £100. It is for the courts to decide, within that limit, the approximate penalty in any particular case.

As far as I am aware there are no proposals to harmonise speed limits or the penalties for exceeding such limits within the EEC.