Camera procurement “quick and easy” thanks to Jenoptik’s CCS Framework deal
Traffic camera supplier Jenoptik says local authorities and police forces will be able to quickly and easily procure the latest speed enforcement and monitoring technologies, thanks to it winning a place on all of Crown Commercial Service’s Transport Technology and Associated Services framework lots. CCS’s new Transport Technology and Associated Services agreement builds and expands […]
Motorists praise the effect of average speed cameras on notorious road in Worcestershire
Drivers who use the A449 between Hartlebury and Ombersley have voiced their support for the improvements they have noticed since SPECS average speed cameras were installed on the road. During the past three years in West Mercia, three people have been killed on the 50mph section of the A449 with a further four suffering serious […]
Council budgets £11m revenue for
Croydon Council in South London is budgeting to receive £11.8 million over the next three years from fixed penalty notice fines issued by automatic number plate recognition cameras catching people driving through roads recently closed to traffic. But the Sunday Telegraph has reported that it fears it will lose millions of that money if motorists […]
HERE launches Intelligent Speed Assistance map for carmakers to comply with EU regulation
The location data company HERE Technologies has launched the HERE ISA Map, delivering vehicle systems and drivers accurate speed limit information on any road. The company says the solution has been designed for automakers to comply with requirements under the European Union’s new Intelligent Speed Assistance regulation aimed at road safety and reducing CO2 emissions. […]
Bus lane camera confuses woman’s jumper with number plate
A car owner has been sent a fine for driving in a bus lane in Bath, because the camera spotted a woman wearing a jumper with a word on it and thought it was a number plate. The BBC reports how Dave and Paula Knight, from Surrey, received the fine for driving in a bus […]
Jenoptik air quality Average Speed Cameras go live in Wales
A series of enforcement schemes specifically chosen with air quality in mind are being switched on across four sites in Wales. Average speed cameras are common across the UK, with more than two hundred Jenoptik SPECS systems in operation, but their locations are usually chosen at sites with a high number of serious collisions. However, […]
Welsh 50mph environmental enforcement to begin
Motorists exceeding the 50mph speed limits on some of the most polluted roads in Wales could soon receive a letter or fine through their doors. The decision to introduce environmental speed limits to improve air quality levels in five locations across Wales in 2018 was the first of its kind in the UK, which the […]
Isle of Wight councillors to look again at average speed cameras
The Isle of Wight Council’s Alliance Group has voted to examine the cost and effectiveness of average speed cameras for the Island. Isle of Wight Radio says that this follows a change of control in the council after the election in May. Previously the council, when it was Conservative-led, had set aside £300,000 to buy […]
NH releases footage of lorry driver with phone held to each ear
National Highways has published footage of a lorry driver caught using two mobile phones at the same time as he drove along the M5. But, it points out, what he didn’t realise was the vehicle travelling alongside was an unmarked National Highways ‘HGV cab’ – and there were two police officers inside. The footage, taken […]
Scottish police catch as many drug drivers as drink drivers thanks to new kits
Traffic police in Scotland say they are now catching as many drug drivers as drink drivers on the country’s roads thanks to new test kits which detect cannabis and cocaine. Police Scotland told the Scotland on Sunday Newspaper that up to 50 motorists a week are being found to have taken the drugs, which has […]
