LouiseElliott published WATCH: From TODAY drivers will face huge fines in crackdown over...

Drivers who are caught speeding will face tougher penalties from today as new sentencing guidelines take effect.Motorists who are responsible for the most serious speeding offences will be given much tougher fines, under a series of strict new rules for district judges and magistrates, designed to make drivers "think twice".At the moment the most you can be fined for speeding is £1,000, but from today will be more than doubled to £2,500, says The Mirror.The changes are part...