1.4m drivers retrain

THE number of UK drivers attending retraining courses after committing a motoring offence reached a record 1.4 million last year, figures show.

Speed awareness courses were by far the most common with 1.2 million attendees, according to the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme.

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.