fines and penalties
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Fleet industry news 19 Aug 2021Transfer360 cuts PCN management time
A new digital service from 33onehundred (33100) and Fleetworks promises to cut the time taken to direct a PCN for a leased or rented vehicle to a fleet operator.
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Tax and legislation news 6 Aug 2021TfL proposes increased fines on London’s red routes
Transport for London (TfL) wants to increase the maximum fine handed out for red route contraventions to £160.
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Fleet industry news 28 Jul 2021Congestion charge consultation proposes cutting hours of operation
Transport for London (TfL) is launching a consultation on the congestion charge, which could reduce the hours of operation.
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Fleet industry news 26 Jul 2021TfL employs new smart cameras to enforce traffic rules
Transport for London (TfL) has invested in 50 new cameras to enforce banned turns, bus lanes, yellow box junctions and weight restrictions.
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Tax and legislation news 18 Jun 2021Councils to get powers from December to issue traffic fines
Councils outside London will be given powers to enforce so-called moving traffic offences from December, the Government has confirmed.
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General News 3 Feb 2021TfL issues £130m worth of Congestion Charge fines in a year
Transport for London (TfL) issued £130 million worth of fines to motorists for failing to pay the congestion charge in the 12 months to September 2020.
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FN50 insight and analysis 16 Dec 2020Fines drop may be due to fewer cars on the road
Fines and penalties ‘dropped off a cliff edge’ when lockdown started, according to one leading leasing company, reports Matt de Prez
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Fleet industry news 17 Sep 2020
Fleet managers risk conviction for employees’ driving offences
Fleet decision-makers could face the same penalty points as their employees should they be convicted of a driving offence, Licence Bureau is warning.
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General News 1 Sep 2020Council revenue from bus lane fines revealed
Motorists have been urged to take precautions to avoid fines after research found councils last year received up to £8m from drivers using bus lanes last year.
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Fleet industry news 20 Aug 2020
Warning as councils fine motorists record sums
London and Cardiff councils raise £58.2m from drivers committing moving traffic offences, with the same powers due to be rolled out to local authorities.
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Fleet industry news 8 Jun 2020
Councils can use cameras to enforce new cycle lanes
The Government has changed enforcement rules to allow the use of cameras to fine drivers who flout new road restrictions aimed at encouraging cycling.
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Fleet industry news 13 May 2020Fines and penalties increase for business drivers
But figures from Lex Autolease suggest rate of increase is slowing, with volumes up just 3%.
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Tax and legislation news 7 Oct 2019
Drivers who leave engines idling ‘should be fined’
72% of drivers say they want a crackdown on engine idling, with 44% saying fine drivers if they refuse to switch off, new RAC research suggests.
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Fleet industry news 13 Jun 2019
Cameras begin enforcing red ‘X’ signs with fines
Drivers who ignore lane closures on motorways marked with a red ‘X’ will face a £100 fine and three penalty points.
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Fleet industry news 27 Feb 2019
Fleets must step up education to cut fines
Fleets are being urged to improve driver education to stop employees falling foul of the law after record fines and penalties were reported in 2018.
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Fleet industry news 5 Feb 2019
Fines and penalties incurred by fleet drivers hit £15.3m
The proportion of fleet drivers incurring fines and penalties for minor offences increased by more than a fifth in 2018 compared with 2017, according to Lex Autolease.
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Fleet industry news 3 Dec 2018Nexus Vehicle Rental welcomes private parking company crackdown
Nexus Vehicle Rental has welcomed the House of Commons approval of a private members’ bill seeking to protect drivers from unscrupulous private car parking companies.
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FN50 insight and analysis 29 Nov 2018
Fines and charges accelerate to close to £56m, say the FN50
Fines and charges incurred by drivers of FN50 vehicles are reaching record levels. The suggestion is the total bill could be almost £56 million.
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Fleet industry news 22 Nov 2018
Changes to yellow box junction rules could prove costly for fleets
Two-thirds of drivers (67%) say they find it difficult to get through some yellow box junctions without stopping, while 13% say this is the case for most they encounter, new research from the RAC suggests.
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Fleet industry news 12 Jul 2018
Pavement parking ban 'opposed' by majority of motorists
YourParkingSpace.co.uk survey suggests more than half (55%) of respondents don’t want to stop motorists from being able to park their cars on a pavement.
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