All news on the topic: Speeding

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Hidden dangers of electric cars from 'disabled brakes to speeding' - experts
As terrified motorists share horror stories of being 'kidnapped' by their electronic cars, the Mirror examines the hidden dangers of modern vehicles and smart technology
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Hubby defends 'speeding' socialite who 'killed 2 boys after boozy lunch with ex'
The husband of Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman, who is accused of murdering two children after speeding through an intersection, came to her defence in court on Tuesday
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Schoolgirl, 8, killed by 'reckless driver' in front of mum as she boarded bus
Eight-year-old Adalynn Pierce was tragically mowed down before her mother's eyes by Kaylee Andre, 25, as the young girl boarded a halted school bus
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Boy, 8, killed by thug was 'too good for this cruel world', says family
Mustafa Ahmed, eight, was mowed down and killed by Nicholas Hopkins, 20 - who sped through a red light on his motorbike outside Greenwich Islamic Centre in East London
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Daredevil 'boy racers' using speed bumps as jumps 'as they like the challenge'
Residents say the speed bumps are not enough on Colclough Lane in Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent, with daredevil boy racers using the bumps as ramps to launch themselves into the air
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Katie Price handed hefty speeding fine and caught driving with 'expired' licence
Katie Price found herself in trouble with the law twice in July 2023 by speeding on a dual carriage way and driving after her licence had been medically revoked
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Woman bursts into tears as she's told 'all this over a speeding offence'
Debra Picken, from Warrington, was caught speeding in her Land Rover but then made up an elaborate story to police saying that it was not her car, even adding a sticker to disguise the vehicle
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UK's speeding hotspots announced as £10m of fines issued a year - see full list
New figures released from 2023 shows a whopping 639,042 offences have already been recorded - meaning the UK is set for an alarmingly high year of speeding fines
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Man, 80, killed by police van when he crossed the road as cop investigated
An officer is being investigated for death by dangerous driving after Trevor Bartlett, 80, died when he was hit by a speeding police van while crossing a road in Nottingham
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Vigilante posed as traffic cop with blue lights on car to stop speeding drivers
Martin Goodall had been a special constable in the 90s for six months. He denied impersonating a police officer in Poole, Dorset and believed the oath he swore still applied 27 years later
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Traffic vigilante comes up with sneaky way to scare speeders in his village
John Winskill has been praised for his unusual attempt to deter speeding drivers in the village of Rushall, Wiltshire, following injuries he suffered in a car accident
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Drivers warned over new speeding ticket rules for 20mph limits - with big fines
The Welsh Government will put an end to the 'grace period' which stopped enforcement over new speeding limits - but thousands of members of the public have hit out at the new 20mph roads
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Doctor struck off after claiming she was rushing to op to dodge speeding fine
Jodi Lestner forged ambulance service letters and a doctor's note in a bid to argue 'special reasons' to keep her driving licence clean - but her fraud was exposed
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Michael Ball handed driving ban after being caught speeding twice in £60k car
After being clocked on camera on the same stretch of road twice within six months, Michael Ball has been told he can't get behind the wheel for another six months
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Girl, 12, killed by van as she was getting off bus on way home from school
Lexi McDavid, 12, was on her way to a pal's house and had just got off a bus in Huyton, Merseyside when she ran out into the road and was hit by David Pursglove, who was speeding
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Exact location of UK's most prolific speed camera that's snared 100,000 drivers
Data exposing some of the most prolific speed cameras in England has led campaign groups to question their purpose and effectivity, arguing they exist just to make money
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New cameras able to catch speeding drivers who also use a phone while driving
Now drivers in Greater Manchester who are breaking the law could be caught out and prosecuted for speeding, texting and not wearing a seatbelt all at the same time
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Experts warn of common speeding myth after drivers take risks and break limits
Experts at Claims.co.uk have analysed data from the Department for Transport showing the percentage of vehicles caught speeding in 2021 and 2022, and misconceptions related to speeding fines
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Motorists 'speeding' without even realising it because of state of their tyres
Data from Halfords suggests that currently, one in seven cars on UK roads - 14 per cent or over 5 million vehicles - have illegal or dangerously worn tyres
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Brave mum left disabled after saving baby from speeding drink driver hit-and-run
Becky Sharp had been walking her ten-month-old baby in her pram in Bournemouth shortly after 9am on 11 April 2023 when Dale Clark, drunk and behind the wheel, hit her
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Man slapped with $1.4million speeding ticket after driving 35mph above limit
Connor Cato, from Georgia, was caught speeding on September 2 by cops after driving 90mph in a 55mph zone. However, he was stunned to find he owed a jaw-dropping $1.4million
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Half of England and Wales' speed cameras don’t work – see if your area's covered
Road safety experts at Road Angel have pulled up figures from a Freedom of Information request analysing how many fixed speed cameras are inactive across each area of England and Wales
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Haunting moment police officer pulls over couple moments before death crash
Officer Jon Nunez stopped Luis Fernando Cevallos, 24, and Alexis Rodriguez, 27, in North Bergen, New Jersey, on August 21, 2021. Moments later, they crashed intro a tractor-trailer
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Speeding driver killed pal after clowning around just a month after passing test
The teen driver, now 20, had only passed her driving test a month ago when she lost control of her car while driving down a straight stretch of road and crashed down an embankment and into a tree
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Teen killed by best friend 'clowning around' weeks after passing her test
Tayla King, then 18, crashed her car on the A4067 Swansea Valley road a month after passing her driving test, killing her passenger and best friend Chantelle Thomas