This article is from page 1 of the 2011-08-09 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
DRIVERS in Clare are clocking up penalty points for speeding at a faster pace than their counterparts in any other county.
Three Clare drivers have received driving bans, having accumulated 12 penalty points. Another two drivers have received 11 points, with 22 on 10 points.
The numbers of drivers who received penalty points in Clare during the first six months of this year exceeded figures for the whole of last year.
The biggest increase of any county was in Clare where more than 3,700 drivers were penalised up to the end of June. This compares with around 2,800 during the whole of last year.