fines and penalties
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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 2020Fleet 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 2020Warning 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 2020Councils 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 2019Drivers 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 2019Cameras 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 2019Fleets 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 2018Pavement 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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Fleet industry news 11 Jul 2018
London bus lane penalties issued to drivers rises 8%, finds Click4reg.co.uk
The number of penalty charges issued to motorists incorrectly using bus lanes in London rose 8% to 346,860 in 2016-17, research from Click4reg.co.uk has found.
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Tax and legislation news 4 Apr 2018
1.1m drivers fined for driving in bus lanes each year
RAC calls for a review of national signage guidelines and the introduction of ‘smart bus lanes’ to make things simpler and clearer for motorists.
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Fleet industry news 18 Dec 2017Penalties increased to help tackle congestion, says TfL
A proposed rise for offences on TfL's road network will also follow later in the year, subject to review by the secretary of state for transport.
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Fleet industry news 7 Nov 2017Fines and charges for FN50 companies at record level at close to £20m - FN50 2017 analysis
The total number of charges incurred by vehicles on contract hire in 2017 has reached a record level, with the amount paid reaching almost £20 million.
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Tax and legislation news 23 Oct 2017Traffic Penalty Tribunal to decide appeals against penalties issued for not paying the new Mersey Gateway toll
The independent lawyer adjudicators at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) will decide appeals against penalties issued for not paying the toll for using the new Mersey Gateway, between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire.
