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Speed Awareness Scheme
Driver
Awareness Scheme Conditions
Since it began in 2005, the Driver Awareness Scheme
(DAS) has continued to grow successfully and now educates
in excess of 10,000drivers each year.
Participants on the course are people who have been
detected speeding on Dorset’s roads. However in addition
to looking at the issue of why people speed, the course
also covers much, much more.
The DAS course offers participants a whole host of
information and advice about safer driving.
As well as examining the consequences of excess and
inappropriate speed, the course also provides an opportunity
for drivers to refresh their observation and hazard
perception skills.
Indeed the varied and informative content is all
part of the overall aims of the course, which encourage
participants to:
• Develop a positive attitude towards road
safety
• Identify consequences of actions on the road
• Recognise different speed limit areas
• Recognise personal responsibility
• Facilitate an opportunity to examine attitudes
towards hazard perception
The DAS course is classroom-based and is delivered
by trained driving instructors and road safety professionals
and uses a range of interactive techniques to ensure
the course is engaging for participants.
Taking part in the Driver Awareness Scheme
If you are eligible to take part in the Driver Awareness
Scheme then you will be contacted by the administration
If you are eligible to take part, you will not be
required to pay a fine or receive penalty points.
However, if offered the course you will be required
to pay a fee for attendance and must respond to the
offer within the stipulated timescale.
Named drivers are only permitted to attend one Driver
Awareness course within a three-year period. If a
driver subsequently commits a further alleged speeding
offence after attending the course, then that offence
will be dealt with via the fixed penalty process (fine
and penalty points).
If an individual fails to attend the course or is
unable to satisfy the course conditions, then the
fixed penalty conditions will apply.
Driver Awareness Scheme (DAS) Speed Thresholds
The table below sets out the speed thresholds at which
you may be offered a place on the Driver Awareness
Scheme (DAS).
Please note that the offer of a DAS course is a decision
made by the DAS office on behalf of Police.
Speed Limit Current DAS Police Speed Thresholds
(Based on ACPO Guidelines) Fixed penalty DAS not to
be offered Limits at which offender should be reported
for court
| Speed
Limit |
Current
DAS Police Speed Thresholds
(Based
on ACPO Guidelines) |
Fixed
penalty DAS not to be offered |
Limits
at which offender should be reported for court
|
| MPH |
DAS |
Fixed
Penalty |
Court
|
| 30
|
36,
37, 38, 39, 40,41 |
42
- 55 |
56+
|
| 40 |
47,
48, 49, 50, 51,52 |
53
- 65 |
66+ |
| 50 |
58,
59, 60, 61, 62,63 |
64
- 75 |
76+ |
| 60 |
69,
70, 71,72 |
73
- 85 |
86+ |
| 70 |
80,
81, 82,83 |
84
- 95 |
96+ |
Other offences which may be recommended for the
Driver Awareness Scheme are listed below:
Using a Mobile Phone while driving
Driving a vehicle while not in proper control
Driving a vehicle without proper view
Exceeding a temporary speed restriction
Exceeding a Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) speed restriction
Exceeding a Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) 50mph
speed limit
Exceeding a speed limit in an LGV/PCV
Contravening a Red Traffic sign at a junction
Contravening a stop/give way sign (Major Road Only)
Contravening DWLS
Contravening an Auto Level Crossing
Contravening a Red Traffic Sign at a level crossing
Contravening a Red Traffic Sign at road works
Contravening a traffic sign
Stopping within the approach to a Zebra/Pelican/Puffin
crossing
Stopping within the limits of a Zebra/Pelican/Puffin
crossing
Failing to accord precedent to a pedestrian at a
crossing
Failing to comply with a red signal at a Pelican
crossing
Overtaking a moving/stationary vehicle at a crossing
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