Police and Crime Commissioner caught speeding five times
Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding five times, despite standing on a manifesto that included cracking down on speeding. Conservative Caroline Henry was clocked breaking 30 mile per hour limits during campaigning in the local elections last year. The Telegraph reports Mrs Henry, 52, admitted the offences, including two committed on consecutive […]
Kent County Council consults on traffic offence enforcement
Kent County Council is currently consulting people in the county on plans to use new powers to enforce moving traffic offences. It’s looking for feedback on enforcement of driving through a No Entry sign, making banned turns, entering yellow box junctions when the exit isn’t clear, driving where and when motor vehicles are prohibited and […]
Teenager jailed for driving wrong way through Blackwall Tunnel
A teenage driver’s been jailed for driving a stolen car the wrong way through the Blackwall Tunnel and then causing a head-on collision. 18 year old Johal Rathour of Bridge Road, Grays, was identified by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Road and Transport Policing Command after he caused the crash in the early hours of […]
ITS (UK) promising Bigger and Better awards
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association is significantly expanding its annual awards to better recognise the huge contribution technology is making to a greener, safer and more efficient transport network. The ITS (UK) Awards, which were first held in 2006, are adding an extra six awards to the list this year, meaning more than […]
Nottingham’s average speed-monitored roads tops the ton
Motorists are now being kept safe on more than 100km of roads across Nottinghamshire thanks to the latest installation of average speed camera technology in the county. The Jenoptik SPECS solution installed in the Nottingham City suburb of Lenton is the 14th such scheme in the city, and the 31st across the whole of the […]
ITS (UK) Carbon Ambassador explains transport technology’s Net Zero role
The person overseeing the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry body’s work to cut emissions has used Earth Day to explain why technology has a vital role to play in the road to Net Zero. Keith McCabe of Simplifai Systems has written a blog post published on the ITS (UK) website to stress how ITS can […]
Unified Traffic Control gives cleaner and safer roads – TRL CEO Paul Campion shares details on this week’s Highways Voices
Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! This week’s Highways Voices analyses how a refresh of the way software is delivering the most efficient transport network based on existing roadside hardware. Paul Campion of TRL discusses the best way to manage traffic in towns and cities using a […]
Local Authority survey confirms the value of extra traffic signals funding
The £15 million of extra funding to repair and upgrade traffic signals in England will have a real effect on traffic management, new research has shown. The Transport Technology Forum surveyed 83 local authorities’ operation as part of the application process for the signals maintenance challenge fund for the Department for Transport which also involves […]
Highway Code updated to cover driverless vehicles
The Department for Transport has announced details of updates to the Highway Code which will allow people to watch videos on the in-built screen, but not use their mobile phones. Use of self-driving technology is likely to be approved at slow speeds with the proviso the driver is ready to take back control. The Government […]
Transport Secretary seeks answers over A47 upgrade
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is asking National Highways and Norfolk County Council to sort out a wrangle over the future maintenance of a stretch of the A47. The road is earmarked to be upgraded to a dual carriageway, meaning a short stretch of single lane road will be de-trunked and handed from National Highways […]