Are Speed Awareness Courses legal? Asks drivers' group.

Feb. 5, 2012 - PRLog -- Drivers'  lobby group, Drivers' Protest Union, a group dedicated to true road safety and run by ex police patrol driver Keith Peat, is querying the true motives of Speed Awareness Courses; often run for profit by private companies. They are now questioning the legality of Speed Awareness Courses. They say;

'We have long campaigned for the fair treatment of drivers and that road safety should never be based on profit or profitable motives. Certainly prosecutions should have no such basis either.'

They say:
'We have proved that 'speeding' cannot cause accidents, that cameras cannot detect accident causes and that indeed, the speed limits that get people onto these courses are arbitrary, unscientific and not set by experts either. The students are never told these facts so the courses are fraudulent anyway'. See their challenge to the AA, who run these courses. Visit  https://sites.google.com/site/driversprotestunion/speeding/we-challenge-aa

Keith Peat questions: 'How can police acknowledge that an offence of 'speeding' is disclosed and then decide not to proceed via the courts but take payment, often for a limited company instead?'

The group say that they have asked operators and ministers alike under what statute or regulation police may operate this option. In a reply from no less  than Home Office Minister of State, Nick Herbert he confirms there is no statutory right for these courses and the matter is for police 'discretion'. Since when was justice based on police discretion they ask?

So in their view these profitable courses, based on a confession under coercion, are illegal.

They have made representation to MPs who are taking their information seriously and also making representations about it.

Watch this space says D.P.U.

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The Drivers' Protest Union (D.P.U.) A road safety and driving group who's aims are to promote genuine and effective road safety, protect the driver from exploitation, unfair or unnecessary prosecution, unfair taxation and unnecessary speed restriction.