Speed awareness course - do I tell the insurer?

Regarding insurance and a recent letter, if one attends a speed awareness course is it technically a speeding conviction and therefore to be declared to the insurer?

A traffic policeman who aimed his camera at me scared me into driving carefully ever since.

Some time ago a Traffic Policeman aimed his camera at me when I was exceeding the speed limit. I think his camera must have been jammed or something because the speeding ticket I was expecting never materialised....

Changing to EU driving offences - can you shed some light?

I have read that the French authorities are unlikely to chase up a UK registered car caught on a speed camera. However, it appears an EU agreement means this is changing in 2013. Is this being implemented...

Should I be waiting for a speeding fine?

I was driving in a 50mph limit but I was doing more. As I saw a police car I braked, but as I was braking the police officer flashed his headlights. He didn't stop me but can they use their speed gun while...

Insurance black boxes - do you have to go to court if your insurer spots you speeding?

Do you have to go to court or get banned from driving completely if your insurance holder (Bell, safe drivers scheme with black box fitted) cancel your insurance policy for going over 100mph? Or do they...

Notice of Intended Prosecution - it arrived after 14 days. Can I get off?

My son has received Notice of Intended Prosecution from Suffolk Constabulary for driving at 37mph in a 30mph limit on 2 November 2012. I, as a named driver, was driving the car on the day in question....

Average Speed Cameras - How Do They Work?

When driving through roadworks where there are a series of average speed cameras - 4 for example, is the average speed calculated between each camera in turn (1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc ) and so technically...

Motorists were being persecuted for speeding in 1908, apparently.

Nothing is new, apparently. Average speed devices and the persecution of motorists were around at the beginning of the last century according to ‘The MotorCycle’ dated 29 April 1908. I thought you and...

Who decides who should receive an NIP when a driver is caught speeding?

I had my photograph taken on an unfamiliar road in Bournemouth, which for miles had been subject to a 40mph limit but, unnoticed by me, at a junction the limit changed to 30 mph and I was duly clocked...

French speeding ticket - this seems expensive

I Have received a speeding fine from France for 93 Euros for doing 58km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. Can I argue about the amount, seems very high and it has taken six weeks to get the ticket.