Home Office Figures show that in 2003:

• There were 2.3 million court proceedings for motoring offences;
• Speed limit offences were up 44% compared to 2002;
• There were 191,000 disqualifications for motoring offences;
• 33,200 people were disqualified under the penalty points system;
• The average lawyer will charge £2,500 for a trial defence, with no guarantee;
• Currently, less than 1% of people fight speeding tickets.

As police forces around the country cotton onto the fact that safety cameras are an easy way to raise revenue, it's now more likely than ever that you will find yourself in court for minor speeding offence. However minor... they could easily result in a hefty fine, points on your licence, or at worse a ban.

My personal case should have been a simple fixed points and fine case but spiralled out of control into 5 court appearances and a trial. As a result I spent months researching "the system" and consulting expensive lawyers. I now want to share this information with YOU.

Speed limits apply to all roads in the UK and also to certain vehicles, such as HGVs and vehicles towing trailers. If you're caught exceeding a particular limit, it will usually result in a prosecution (provided that the identity of the driver can be proven).

Unless you have been stopped by the police, you will receive a request to confirm the identity of the driver. If you get one of these forms, return it immediately as a separate offence of Failing To Provide Information lies against the registered owner of any vehicle who fails to give police the necessary details. After diligent enquiries, if you cannot find out who the driver is, you may have a defence.

If the police already know you are the driver and you have been told that you will be reported, (or after you have confirmed the identity of the driver) then you will receive an offer of a fixed penalty, on condition that you were not excessively speeding. If you accept this, you will be fined £60 and your licence will be endorsed with 3 penalty points. If you do not accept this, a summons will be issued and the case will be heard in court.

In more extreme cases, the fixed penalty procedure does not apply. You will receive a summons which the police must apply for within a certain timescale of the date that it was known to them that you were the driver. This will tell you when your case will be heard in court. In the package, I confirm the timescale police must issue this within; if you don't receive it within the timescale this is an easy way to get your case dismissed!

If you plead guilty to, or are found guilty of a speeding offence, the Court has the power to disqualify you, fine you up to certain limits, and order you to pay prosecution costs. Points are awarded on a sliding scale between 3 and 6 penalty points – the higher the speed the greater the number of points that you will receive and heavier the fine. A scan of the official recommended guidelines for magistrates are included in our information pack, money can't normally buy this!

You may have a defence if: -

• the police have made a error (I cover all the errors the police made in my case, would you spot them or know they are wrong without my invaluable information?);
• it was not you or your vehicle involved;
• the police failed to operate equipment in accordance with recognised guidelines (Again, full information is provided in my package!);
• you were acting under duress.

If any of the above factors apply, then your plea should be Not Guilty and your case will then have to go off to a later date for trial.

If the police, the Court, or the Crown Prosecution Service have failed to follow any of the required procedures, then you may have a technical defence to the allegation. This is exactly how I got my case dismissed and in the pack I will send to you, I enclose FULL details of my case, the evidence I used and the technicalities I got the case dismissed upon.