Drivers could face £130 fines for minor motoring offences

The government is looking at new plans which could result in drivers facing automatic fines of £130 for minor motoring offences.
The plans could give more power to local councils to help improve roads for cyclists and pedestrians. The money raised would be invested into the road network system to fund traffic-reducing measures.
Motorists who stray into cycle lanes or stop in box junctions could face the automatic civic penalties.
At present, local transport officials in London use traffic cameras to issue over a million penalty notices every year, with fines already set at £130. The plans would see the rest of UK mirror this.
Junior Transport Minister Baroness Vere told the House of Lords that the Government was looking at the plans under the 2004 Traffic Management Act.