Legal paperwork complete for persistent evader database launch
A one-man mission to properly identify motorists who ignore motoring legislation has come a step closer to success with the final legal paperwork approved to set up the National Persistent Evader Database. Alan Wood has spent ten years setting up the scheme which is the country’s only centralised database of offending vehicle behaviour data from […]
Ireland authorises increased use of speed detection cameras
The use of speed detection cameras operating on Irish roads is to increase by 20% following agreement between Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Irish Police force, the Garda, Commissioner Drew Harris to increase funding for GoSafe speed cameras. An additional €1.2 million (just over a million pounds) is to be allocated towards GoSafe, which […]
Statistics show big fall in fatalities on roads with speed cameras
A study in New York has found that speeding, injuries, and traffic fatalities declined in areas with speed cameras during the first year of 24/7 enforcement. The US has been behind the UK in embracing automated enforcement, so the effects of new schemes are analysed carefully there. NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said […]
Drivers complain of ULEZ fines after inadvertently using fake payment sites
Drivers into London have told how they have been fined hundreds of pounds by Transport for London after paying Ultra Low Emission Zone fees on sites which turned out to be run by fraudsters. The BBC has spoken to several people who fell for the scams, including one man who had to pay more than […]
New DfT statistics show the scale of speeding on Britain’s roads
New research by the Department for Transport shows that in 2022, under free-flowing traffic conditions, 50% of car drivers exceeded the speed limit on 30mph roads compared to 45% on motorways and 11% on national speed limit single carriageway roads. It’s found that, overall, speed limit compliance in 2022 was slightly higher than 2021, where […]
Blue badge database use expanded to reduce abuse
Local Authorities are being urged to reduce fraud and the unfair use of disabled parking spaces by taking advantage of a database which contains the details of all Blue Badge users in the UK. The Transport Technology Forum’s Parking Working Group has heard how the system is available to all authorities with an Application Programming […]
1,800 drivers caught in six hours on busy road in Devon
Police have issued a plea to motorists to slow down on a busy section of road in South Devon after more than 1,800 drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit on a 40mph stretch of the A380 Torbay Link Road in just over six hours of speed monitoring. That’s one every 12 seconds. During the […]
Six-in-10 want ‘noise cameras’ rolled out so drivers of excessively loud vehicles are caught and fined
A new survey suggests drivers want to see cameras that can automatically detect vehicles with illegally loud exhausts or whose engines are revved unnecessarily rolled out across the UK. Six-in-10 drivers (58%) questioned by the RAC said they would be in favour of so-called ‘noise cameras’ being widely used once the findings of the Department […]
MP launches petition for average speed cameras in her constituency
The MP for Rutland and Melton is asking for support for her petition calling for Leicestershire County Council to install average speed cameras along the B6047, part of a route also known as the ‘Rutland TT’. The ‘Rutland TT’ has seen a number of serious road traffic incidents, including a recent fatality. Alicia Kearns MP […]
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium to hear about AI solution making road safer
Delegates at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham next month will hear about more than traffic signals and traffic management, as details are shared of a revolutionary new enforcement solution which automatically identifies distracted and unsafe drivers. Geoff Collins, General Manager of the UK division of Australian technology company Acusensus will share details […]
