One of Britain’s most lucrative road traffic cameras has issued £600,000 of fines in less than a month, it has been revealed. Astonishingly 10,000 drivers have been caught using a bus lane in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, a number which equals around an eighth of the total population of the town. Currently it is raking in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many speed cameras have not cut accident rates and may even have increased them, figures reveal for the first time today. Statistics published by the Department for Transport show many cameras have done little or nothing to improve accident rates, but have proved highly effective in clocking up speeding fines. Only a small number of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A pensioner has put his foot down on speeding motorists by erecting this bird box outside his home – which looks like a speed camera. Ian Magee, 63, was fed up with motorists breaking the 30mph speed limit on the main road in Williton, Somerset, so he decided to make his own deterrent. He created […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Full information about speed cameras will be published by local authorities and the police for the first time, Road Safety Minister Mike Penning announced today. Figures showing the numbers of accidents and casualties at camera sites – both before and after cameras were installed – will be published by local authorities. And police forces will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Britain’s wet-film Gatso speed cameras are running short of film thanks to a U-turn on the decision to switch off the devices. Last summer the government cut spending on road safety by £38 million, so many local authorities vowed to axe speed cameras. Supplies of film have dwindled since then because the major supplier, Fujifilm, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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