Bedford Driving Lessons

Average speed cameras similar to those used to police motorways are to be deployed on a stretch of the A13 in London, Transport for London (TfL) has announced. The cameras – which record the time each passing vehicle takes to cover a fixed distance – are currently being fitted along a “notorious” stretch of the road between Canning Town and the Goresbrook interchange, in a bid to halve the number of people killed or seriously injured. TfL said that the route’s accident rate is almost one-fifth higher than is typical of the capital’s major roads, with speeding causing one half of all crashes. Between 2006 and 2008 there were nearly 500 collisions on the 7.5-mile section of road, with three fatal and 34 serious accidents. The scheme, which will see 84 cameras installed at 37 locations, will be the first time in the UK that such cameras have been deployed to police speed on an urban road with multiple entries and exits. As part of the project, which is due to be completed by the summer, the speed limit on a section of the route will be raised from 40mph to 50mph. More