Government to clamp down on speeders

Announced as part of a consultation paper on speeding offences on British roads, the news comes as just one of the measures outlined for action on the most dangerous road users. Amid the list of topics under discussion are formal drug-drive limits too, something which currently does not exist, whilst bringing the limit for the drink-drive limit down is also being debated.

Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said: "This is about being fair to the motorist who is behaving and it is about cracking down on those who are recklessly endangering others."

Under the new rules, which were first discussed by roads ministers and campaign groups four years ago, if you ride at 90mph or more on the motorway, and get caught for that twice you will lose your licence because each offence would carry six points instead of the current three.

But lesser speeding offences could also see the points dropped from three to two.