Brexit really could put the country in the fast lane after it emerged that British drivers will escape most speeding fines in the European Union because the UK’s departure has ended deals governing many motoring offences in the bloc.
The EU’s cross-border enforcement directive no longer applies, ending arrangements for sharing information about drivers caught on speed cameras, according to French officials.
In practice this means that owners of British-registered vehicles will no longer be sent fines. Hundreds of thousands of Britons have been fined in recent years, with penalties in France, Europe’s most popular destination for British drivers, ranging from €135 to €1,500. Equally, British police will not be able to dispatch fines to European motorists caught by speed cameras or committing other offences
