Drivers face 'points on licence' for driving too slow in little-known law

In a little-known driving rule, motorists and drivers face being fined and punished for driving too slow while on UK roads up and down the country.

A motoring rule could land you with three points for simply driving too slow. In a little-known driving rule, motorists and drivers face being fined and punished for driving too slow while on UK roads up and down the country.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a list of traffic offences which are considered careless or inconsiderate. It states: "The offence of driving without due care and attention (careless driving) under section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is committed when the defendant's driving falls below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver."

Drivers face an eye-watering £5,000 fine and nine penalty points on their license for driving too slow. Driving experts at The Windscreen Company previously said: "Whether you’ve only just recently passed your driving test, or you can’t even remember the decade you passed in, there are lots of rules for the roads that everyone knows on an instinctive basis.

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"There are plenty of older, lesser-known UK driving laws that you might not know. Sticking to the speed limit works both ways, not only should you not be going above this speed, you also shouldn’t be driving too cautiously either. It’s fine to stay below the speed limit – especially when roads are wet – but drive too slowly and you could be pulled over."

The Crown Prosecution Service's list of carless driving offences includes overtaking on the inside and driving too close to another vehicle as well as driving through a red light by mistake, turning into the path of another vehicle and the driver being avoidably distracted by tuning the radio, lighting a cigarette etc..

Other offences listed include flashing lights to force other drivers to give way, misusing lanes to gain advantage over other drivers, unnecessarily staying in an overtaking lane, unnecessarily slow driving or braking and dazzling other drivers with un-dipped headlights.