Staffordshire Police chooses Truvelo’s mobile enforcement solution

Truvelo, a leading provider of traffic enforcement solutions, has announced that it has secured a new contract with Staffordshire Police for its LASERcam 4 and VMS mobile enforcement solution. The contract was awarded through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Traffic Technology and Associated Services (TTAS) framework, which offers public sector customers a fast and compliant […]

Conduent to deliver parking enforcement services in Reading

Smart mobility company Conduent Transportation has been chosen to provide on- and off-street parking enforcement services in Reading. The contract, initially for a four-year term, begins next month. Conduent will provide Reading Borough Council with on- and off-street parking civil enforcement officers to oversee parking compliance while managing on- and off-street pay and display machines. […]

Nearly half of speed cameras inactive

New data based on Freedom of Information requests suggests 46% of all fixed speed cameras across the UK are not working. Road safety experts at Road Angel made the requests to analyse how many fixed speed cameras are inactive in each region. They found all eight fixed speed cameras in Northamptonshire were inactive while Gwent […]

Council offers communities free speed cameras

A District Council is offering 20 free speed cameras to communities in its area to try to slow down dangerous drivers. Parish councils and community groups have been applying for Speedwatch cameras, provided by East Hampshire District Council.  The cameras share the data they record with the police. The scheme is one of 12 welfare […]

More than 200 people dealt with as result of clampdown on dangerous drivers

More than 200 people have either been arrested or given a ticket as part of a week of action to clamp down on dangerous drivers in Lancashire. The county’s police force says the week of surge activity was all about its most vulnerable road users – namely children, the elderly, pedestrians, mobility device users, horse-riders, […]

Video explains how Jenoptik average speed cameras change driver behaviour

The road safety platform Project EDWARD has issued a new video promoting the value of targeted speed enforcement reducing casualties across Devon and Cornwall. Project EDWARD, which stands for Every Day Without A Road Death, promotes an evidence-led, ‘safe system’ approach to deliver a road traffic system free from death and serious injury. In the […]

GoSafe reveals speeding threshold in Welsh 20mph zones

The Welsh road casualty reduction partnership GoSafe has revealed drivers will not be punished for driving above the new 20mph standard residential speed limit until they are caught driving at 26mph or more. The new lower limits were introduced across Wales on Sunday 17 September, with enforcement being introduced to support compliance. On its website […]

Irish minister to learn average speed lessons from Scotland

Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to travel to Scotland to find out more about how average speed cameras have been used to make roads safer in the country. Talking to journalists at Ireland’s National Ploughing Championships, Ms McEntee called the summer “really awful” when it comes to road deaths.  “We need to do everything […]

Welsh minister predicts 20mph limit “tweaks”

The minister responsible for transport in Wales is admitting there will be “tweaks” to the default 20mph speed limit introduced across the country’s residential roads this week. Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters MS said he had “no doubt” there would be adjustments in the coming months. He told ITV News “People are anxious […]

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