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prompts the question: who pays the fines incurred by a commercially employed HGV driver?
I agree that increasing fines would have some impact with personal vehicle users, but will local government/public services fine themselves? Will the police issue a £1000 fine to a council recycling lorry driver, only for it to be paid by the council? Given that the police's track record on investigating themselves, I'm not holding out high hopes...
Similarly, if a HGV driver is delivering food for Tesco, would such 'expenses' be charged to the company or come directly out of the driver's pay? If the former, any personal incentive to change is undercut.
*disclaimer: *I might be way, way out here....