NEWSNEWSTwo speeding offences could see drivers banned from the road
"Excessive behaviour" will also be targeted with tougher penalties as ministers bid to cut the number of deaths on Britain's roads.
Drivers who break the speed limit by a large margin should be handed double the existing three-point penalty, a consultation is expected to suggest.
Two similar offences on the road would see them banned from driving.
Other measures will target drink drivers and those who put lives at risk by taking to the wheel under the influence of other drugs.
The family of two boys killed by ex-Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick in a crash on the M6 have already come out in support of tougher measures.
Phil and Amanda Peak lost their sons, 10-year-old Arron and Ben, eight, when McCormick's Range Rover hit their people carrier near Stoke-on-Trent in June.
Mrs Peak said: "It's Christmas coming up and you know all those people are going to go going out, get drunk, get in their car the next morning and not think of the consequences they are going to cause."
The proposals could come despite evidence that deaths on the roads are declining.
Provisional Government figures showed that the number of people killed on the roads in spring this year fell by 20% compared with the same period in 2007.
There were 580 fatalities in April-June 2008 compared with 721 in the same three months last year, the statistics showed.
But road safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick believes more can be done to cut the numbers further.
He will outline the proposals in a written statement to the Commons.
They will then be the subject of a three-month consultation.
Excerpt taken from Sky News Website