You could also be given the opportunity to attend a speed awareness course<\/strong>, which you have to pay for but it will allow you to avoid incurring penalty points on your licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This does also depends on how much you were exceeding the speed limit by, the circumstances and your driving record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more serious speeding offences you could be taken to court where the fine can be as much as \u00a31000<\/strong> if it occurred on a normal road and \u00a32500 on motorways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are caught speeding you will receive a notice of intended prosecution through the post within 14 days <\/strong>of the offence. You will then have 28 days <\/strong>to respond to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With most minor speeding offences when you return the notice of intended prosecution you will receive a conditional offer of a fixed penalty notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can either choose to pay the fine and accept the penalty points or if you think you have been wrongly charged you can take the case to court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only way to avoid paying the fine in court is if you have a very good reason for speeding and if you are found guilty you could end up paying a lot more than the original fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the UK there are a number of speed camera\u2019s throughout the country, some which you may not always be aware of. The best way to avoid receiving a speeding fine is to always be aware of the speed limit where you are travelling and your speed on the road. Sixt has provided some information…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sixt.co.uk\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/06\/Driving-Gen-1024x683.jpeg\")
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