Dec03

Drivers who jump railway tracks should be banned!

by admin on December 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Posted In: Driving Behaviour, Railway Crossings, Road Safety

The Office of Rail Regulation has called on the Sentencing Guidelines Council to make it possible for the courts to impose stiffer penalties than those enforced currently. Drivers who ignore crossing signals normally face a £60 fine and three points on their licence, a penalty which both Network Rail and the regulator regard as inadequate. Both are calling for such drivers to be prosecuted for dangerous driving which would normally mean an automatic ban as well as an unlimited fine and even a jail term of up to two years. So far this year there have been 12 pedestrians and motorists killed at level crossings in Britain and also nine collisions involving a car and train. More

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