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 […]
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 […]
Driver caught doing 126mph on single lane road
Police in Scotland have caught a driver speeding at an average 126 miles per hour along a stretch of single-lane-in-each-direction road. In a tweet it says Highlands and Islands officers stopped a VW Golf on the A835 near Maryburgh. “It’s not a race track and it’s not just you to think about. Slow down”, the […]
Speed camera app makers “forced into anonymity by abuse”
The people behind a new smartphone app that can calculate if a vehicle is speeding and record evidence that may be used by the police say they have received so much abuse they’re having to hide their identities. They have told The Guardian that since it launched in March, the vitriol levied at the team […]
Transport Secretary cracks down on drug-driving
Drug-drivers could be required to undertake rehabilitation courses before being allowed back behind the wheel, under new plans by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and the Department for Transport. Drink-drive related deaths and injuries are now very rare on UK roads, with deaths having fallen 88% between 1979 and 2015. However, there has been an increase […]
Jenoptik’s new National Highways framework deal “will make roads safer, sooner”
Automated enforcement specialists Jenoptik says its appointment to National Highways’ Operational Technology Commercial Framework will speed up work to make the England’s strategic road network safer. The company, known for its automatic number plate recognition enforcement cameras, will be part of the English motorway and trunk road operator’s main procurement route for operational roadside technology, […]
New “speed camera” app launched
A new app has been developed that enables any member of the public with a smartphone to gather video evidence of speeding for submission to police for processing and enforcement. Traditionally, enforcement of “speeding” offences could only use “prescribed devices” that rely on laser or radar technology with sophisticated requirements for both calibration and use. […]
RAC says many fines related to yellow box junctions could be unfair
The RAC has said that as rules change over councils being able to issue enforcements fines related to yellow box junctions, many of them could be unfair unless the government improves its design, maintenance and enforcement guidelines for local authorities. The Department for Transport (DfT) will soon begin accepting applications from councils to issue fines […]
Drivers unconvinced new phone laws will make the roads safer
New RAC research suggests more than four in ten drivers aren’t aware of changes to the law around using a mobile phone whilst driving, and just two per cent believe it will be very effective in improving driver behaviour. A loophole has closed that existed where drivers might only receive a maximum of three penalty […]
Birmingham councillors make average speed camera election pledge
Far from being something that is seen as politically toxic, promising new speed cameras is now being seen as an electoral asset. Birmingham Council’s ruling Labour Group is promising to install more cameras if it gets re-elected in May’s elections. In a Twitter post it said “We pledge to TREBLE the network of average speed […]
