Then a notice of prosecution must be sent to the registered keeper. If that is your company or leasing company, it is the company's responsibility to contact the driver or inform the prosecuting authority who the driver was. It is a criminal offence for the registered keeper not to disclose this information, if he knows, or could reasonably know, who the driver was. Once informed upon, the usual penalty is the fixed fine of 40, plus endorsement. The snag is that speed has infiltrated all aspects of modern life.
Speed is desired, valued and attractive.
I bet you know the 0-60 time in your car. The snag, too, is that most of us do not see occasions when we exceed the speed limit as dangerous. We feel in control in our Mondeo, that little harm will befall us, that we are more skilful than the average and accidents are more likely to happen to us as passengers than as drivers. Against this, the state sees the speed camera as having the primary purpose of speed reduction on a particular stretch of road and having a secondary purpose of reducing speed generally. So, those who know what to do about our love of cars, our love of speed and our lack of interest in safety, have stepped on the gas.