The final reading of the Road Safety Bill took place on Monday 9th October and astonishingly, MP's were asked to vote on a bill that included graduated fixed penalties for speeding without any knowledge of what the speed thresholds will be.

Police speed measurement equipment is only required to be accurate to within plus or minus 2 mph and vehicle speedometers are required by law to be accurate within 10 per cent. Current ACPO guidelines allow for a speed measurement margin of error of 10 per cent plus 2 mph for prosecution.

ABD Chairman Brian Gregory said, "Originally, the proposal was that 45 mph in a 30 mph limit would result in 3 penalty points, with 6 points for 46 mph or higher. Clearly speed measurement is not accurate enough to implement a 1mph difference between thresholds. It is absurd that MP's voted for a bill without knowing what the threshold for 6 penalty points will be."