text: Avon and Somerset Police wants to raise the cost of the course from £80 to £95 to help pay for its road policing unit.
  The Alliance of British Drivers said the police should not be funded by people "who hadn't done much wrong".
  Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said she would not comment on the proposal, which would be discussed later on Monday.
  Alliance spokesman Bob Bull described the courses as "not about safety", "more about making money" and a "self-funding merry-go-round.
  He said people who were driving at "marginally over" the speed limit should not be penalised and that the police should be concentrating on catching drivers travelling at well over the limit.
  In the report, the panel said it hoped the price rise would protect the unit from further cutbacks.
  The course is offered to drivers who are caught travelling at 10% above the speed limit plus two mph, but not more than 10% plus nine mph.
  At the new price the course would be £5 short of the £100 fixed penalty, but without drivers getting points on their licences.
  A motorist who has attended one of the courses within the past three years is not eligible to have the option of attending again.
  RAC head of external affairs Pete Williams described the increased cost as "an unwelcome surprise for drivers".
  Mr Williams said with more than one million motorists attending the courses each year "there is big money to be made, either by the police or those running the courses".
  Staffordshire £80
  North Wales £85
  Gloucestershire £90
  Surrey £95
  City of London & Metropolitan £97
  Wiltshire Not offered
  Source: National Association of Driver Intervention Providers
target: A plan to increase the cost of speed awareness courses has been criticised as a "self-funding merry-go-round".