Lancashire County Council details new Jenoptik-supplied speed camera installation
Lancashire County Council has announced that the New Year is seeing progress resume on a major project to install average speed cameras on the county’s five highest-risk A-roads. The Safer Road Fund programme is a £7.9m investment to reduce casualties on routes identified by the Department for Transport as the county’s historically most dangerous A-roads. […]
Drivers warned they’ll get points and a fine for ignoring Red X
The Central Motorway Police Group has issued a tweet warning drivers they face punishment for driving under Red X signs on the M6. Officers were dealing with a crash on the motorway near Stafford on Monday 2 January and the signs were closing lanes to allow for recovery. However CMPG Tweeted that more than a […]
Average speed cameras to go live in north west Coventry
Coventry City Council has announced more average speed enforcement cameras will start operating in the city in the coming weeks. Equipment from enforcement firm Jenoptik has been installed on lamp columns along Tamworth Road which will be able to measure the average speed of motorists. The speed cameras will register the average speed of drivers […]
Dangerous manoeuvres banned and enforced at locations across Lancashire
Plans which aim to improve road safety and keep traffic moving at key locations across Lancashire have been approved, with the use of new powers to enforce them. The initiative – which will see Lancashire County Council given new powers to stop drivers attempting dangerous manoeuvres including driving the wrong way down one-way streets – […]
Thousands of drivers get ULEZ fine near McDonald’s drive through
Thousands of drivers may have received £160 fines after visiting a drive-through McDonald’s in south London. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports that Transport for London has revealed that almost 7,000 drivers who had failed to pay the £12.50-a-day ultra-low emission zone levy had been caught near the Eltham Road branch. The 24-hour restaurant sits just […]
Seatbelt, speed and phone camera catches 2,000 in a week
More than 2,000 people in Devon and Cornwall have been caught speeding, using mobile phones while driving and not wearing seatbelts – in just one week. The Vision Zero South West road safety partnership has released the figures following a week of action to mark the national Brake Road Safety week. Throughout the week (Nov […]
Enforcement of M4 50mph scheme starts today
The Welsh Government is warning motorists exceeding the 50mph speed limits between junctions 24-28 on the M4 that they could be fined from today. This is the final stage of a phased approach that the Welsh Government has taken to improve air quality on some of the most polluted roads across Wales, as well as […]
130 areas of Scotland could get 20 mph limits
A council in Scotland is looking to introduce a blanket 20 mile per hour speed limit on roads in its villages and towns. The Press and Journal newspaper reports Transport Scotland has asked Highland Council to be its pilot local authority for a national 20 mph speed limit plan. Highland Council has already delivered the […]
Unmarked HGV ‘supercabs’ to patrol M25 in bid to reduce road collisions
National Highways has again teamed up with Police forces across the South East in a fresh bid to improve road safety on one of the most important routes in the region. During Operation Orbital, police forces will use National Highway’s unmarked HGV “supercabs” to patrol the M25 and record drivers of all types of vehicles […]
M4 cameras to start leading to fines
Speed cameras on the M4 in South Wales will start issuing fines this month, more than a year after they were installed. The BBC reports the cameras cover the 50mph stretch of road around Newport, but drivers have escaped prosecution up to now. The Welsh government has set a date for the cameras to start […]
