[xhedley]

UK police forces have an option to offer drivers who speed a speed awareness training course. This costs money but less than the fine and insurance rise from the points. A friend of mine did one after being caught at 33mph in a 30mph zone. (The police never used to pull you over for that sort of error but with automated speed cameras it is cheap to detect.) The impact assessment indicates that it reduced repeat offending compared to fines. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-speed-aw...

[cs02rm0]

This costs money but less than the fine and insurance rise from the points.

In some circumstances, sometimes not, even more so if you have to miss any work to attend the course.

A friend of mine did one after being caught at 33mph in a 30mph zone.

ACPO guidelines mean they wouldn't be pinged until 10% +2mph over. So 35mph in a 30. That's also the minimum speed to be offered a speed awareness course.

[TamDenholm]

Just a note, the speed awareness course is not available in Scotland.

[baloki]

Don’t you have to report that you’ve attended the course nowadays and Insurers generally increase the premium by the same amount as if you had points?

[viseztrance]

I've taken the course. I mentioned it to my insurer, and they didn't care.