The sight of road side cameras has become depressingly familiar. There has been an enormous increase in the proliferation of camera traps throughout the country. In practice, this means an ever-increasing number of prosecutions. Beware of exceeding speed limits at all (even by less than a 10% margin); you can be prosecuted even for exceeding a speed limit by 1mph (although this is unlikely). However, do bear in mind that even for a first offence of speeding the court will consider immediate disqualification if you were exceeding the speed limit by what the court considers to have been an excessive margin. In such cases, the better prepared your case and the more persuasively it is put in court, the better your chance of avoiding a ban. We frequently represent clients in such circumstances. Here is just one example by way of a
case study in which a ban was avoided.