“Until the deaths stop, I’ll not apologise for backing speed cameras”, says Police commissioner
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner has written a blog post explaining her ongoing support for greater enforcement for speeding in the counties. Alison Hernandez says drivers are not huge fans of speed cameras. “Or should I say drivers who break the law are not huge fans of them,” she writes. “Yet there is […]
More average speed cameras being switched on in Scotland
Drivers in Scotland are being warned that an average speed camera system will be operational from later this month, in an attempt to encourage improved driver behaviour and compliance with the variable speed limit. A variable mandatory speed limit is in place across a 14 mile (22km) stretch of road between the M90 at Halbeath […]
More than 23,500 speeding drivers caught by Devon & Cornwall’s first 20mph camera
The first 20mph speed camera in Devon and Cornwall has already detected more than 23,500 speeding motorists – before even being switched on. The figure has prompted a warning from both the police and council ahead of the camera becoming fully operational today (Monday 9 May). During a test period prior to activation, the Jenoptik […]
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 […]
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 […]