They may be notorious on the roads but ‘boy racers’ were almost half as likely to receive penalty points for speeding last year than their middle-aged counterparts, figures have shown.
Last year 43 per cent of drivers who received speeding-related points on their licence were aged 45 to 64 compared to 22 per cent aged 17 to 34, according to statistics from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
Drivers aged 17 to 24 were handed less than six per cent of all speeding points, the figures showed.
But ‘boy racers’ were disproportionately involved in accidents, with young male car drivers aged 17 to
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