Speed awareness courses are not being offered to drivers in Wiltshire, despite 1.2 million drivers attending the course last year new figures revealed.

Due to the loss of their dedicated Camera Unit, Wiltshire Police are unable to offer speeding motorists the course.

Instead, motorists who break the speed limit are given points on their license and either a fixed penalty notice or an offer to go to court to contest it.

Wiltshire Police said in a statement: “We still offer Driver Alertness Courses for due care and attention offences, these have never stopped being offered.

“However, we are now looking at reintroducing the Speed Awareness Courses in April 2018.”

According to analysis of data from the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness courses were the most common accounting for 85% of all motoring offences.

Speed awareness courses were introduced to help educate drivers more in an attempt to slow speeding drivers down and help roads become safer.

The money police forces receive from each driver who completes these courses jumped from £35 to £45 in September, meaning constabularies collect around £54 million each year.

This is designated as a cost recovery fee to reimburse forces for the expense of catching speeding motorists.

Steve Gooding, director of motoring research charity the RAC Foundation, said: "What might perplex drivers is how the number of offenders sent on speed awareness courses differs hugely by constabulary.

"In 2016, 80,235 drivers were offered the courses in Avon and Somerset. In neighbouring Wiltshire, nobody was."

If you have been given a speeding ticket in Wiltshire recently and felt like you should have been offered a place on the course get in contact with us at sam.krayem-wood@newquest.co.uk or 01285 627319