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Road Safety Bill [HL]

As my noble friend suggests, no doubt it would be helpful to have the table of speeding penalties, as eventually agreed, included on the face of   the Bill. However, I would strongly oppose that the particular table presented in the amendment should be the one adopted for that purpose. The proposed table would introduce a lower penalty for speeding at up to 39 miles per hour in a 30 mile per hour area, and that would send the wrong message on safety to drivers in built-up areas. I shall seek to argue that point in a later amendment on speed limits.