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Increasing fines on HGV is most likely going to do more harm than good. Its going to force drivers to work faster and longer hours to make up for the money lost in a single fine, not a good idea. Large firms would also be more likely to employ underskilled, trained and equiped private contractors to take on all the risk which leads to more problem drivers and vehicles on the roads not less. If you want to improve the quality of HGV drivers and equipment you need to encourage firms and goverment bodies to own and operate their own fleets with properly trained drivers and well fitted out trucks not employ dodgey single vehicle contractors. This needs to be done through goverment legislation and tax incentives not through increasing fines on drivers.