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Motoring offences
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In 2002 55% of motoring offences were dealt with by penalty charge notices issued by local authority parking attendants; 26% of offenders received fixed penalty notices from the police. About 18% were dealt with by the courts the remaining offenders had written warnings or notices under the vehicle defect rectification scheme (VDRS). The largest number of offences (7.6 million) were for obstruction, waiting and parking; down 12% on 2001. Speeding charges, however, rose 18% in 2002, largely due to an increase in the use of speed cameras.
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There were 184,000 disqualifications for specific rnotoring offences in England and Wales-up 18,500 from 2001. Another 30,500 licences were revoked under the totting up system -the same number as in 2001. In 2002 84,900 drivers were disqualified for drink-driving or driving under the influence of drugs; a rise of 5,600 from 2001.
Breath tests
During 2002, 570,000 breath tests were carried out, down 9% on 2001. The number of positive or refused tests stood at 103,000, up 4% from 2001. Department for Transport figures show that between 1998-2000 the number of people killed or seriously injured in accidents involving drink-drivers remained steady at around 3,000, butt rose 5% in 2001 to 3.220.