Scottish MSP pleads for speed cameras
An MSP is calling for a change in the criteria for placing average speed cameras on roads as he makes a plea for the technology to be added to the A75. The Daily Record reports that, while speaking in a Holyrood debate, Galloway and West Dumfries member Finlay Carson highlighted issues in Crocketford and Springholm, […]
Coventry getting three more average speed camera schemes
Three more roads in Coventry are getting new average speed enforcement systems. Holyhead Road, Allesley Old Road and Allard Way will be getting the cameras in a council attempt to slow down drivers and improve road safety. The cameras are due to be switched on at the end of this month. The Coventry Live website […]
New app turns phone into dashcam, making it easy to report driving offences
A new free app is being launched which turns a phone into a dashcam, which can be used to report different driving offences to police. The Sun reports DashcamUK, which will launch in May, can capture 21 traffic violations from ignoring a red light to using phones while driving. It can also detect speeding. To […]
Using AI to tackle dangerous distracted driving – Geoff Collins of Acusensus on this week’s Highways Voices
“I fear if you were to drive along any road – be it a rural road or a motorway – this afternoon or this evening, and you looked carefully around you, you would probably notice a lot of people who are distracted who are not doing the right thing, and frankly, are a hazard both […]
Jenoptik speed cameras in Cornwall hailed as making village “a safer place to live”
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall is hailing new average speed cameras in Cornwall, which she “sincerely hopes” reduces the number of collisions on a key route between Truro and Falmouth. Alison Hernandez joined councillors for the official launch of the Jenoptik scheme on the A39 at Perranarworthal, which is described as […]
Jenoptik delivers UK-first Police-enforced average speed scheme on private roads
Enforcement company Jenoptik has installed an average speed camera enforcement scheme to make roads safer at the huge DP World logistics park at the London Gateway port in south Essex. It is the first time an average speed scheme has been installed on private roads. Offences will be enforced by Essex Police as they would […]
Driver caught steering car transporter with his elbow by police in unmarked National Highways HGV cab
Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter say they were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the huge vehicle as he travelled along the M40. They say the driver was seemingly oblivious to the police officers as they drove alongside him in one of National Highways’ unmarked HGV cabs. But […]
Guernsey moves closer to speed camera introduction
The States of Guernsey is looking for contractors to review the island’s management of traffic offences. The BBC reports the Government on the Channel Island hope introducing a points-based system and fixed cameras will improve road safety. It says it also aims to reduce resources and time police and courts spent on speed offences and […]
Number plates “too easy to clone”
It’s reported an investigation for the Home Office has concluded that car number plates are too easy to clone, meaning criminals can pretend to drive other people’s vehicles, leaving victims having to prove their innocence. The Daily Telegraph has seen an as-yet unpublished report which warns that the current system of regulation is too weak […]
Cost of living crisis could be causing fewer people to speed
High fuel prices and the cost of living crisis could be leading to a fall in the number of drivers speeding on Britain’s roads. Analysis by Select Car Leasing of figures from the DVLA have found the number of motorists prosecuted for so-called ‘SP30’ – ‘exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road’ – offences […]
