New Jenoptik spot speed cameras welcomed in Cornwall
Two new speed cameras have been installed by Jenoptik on a busy stretch of the A390 in Cornwall, with the immediate effect on traffic already making a councillor feel “euphoric”. Positioned at either end of St Ann’s Chapel, the cameras are bi-directional, meaning they will detect speeding motorists travelling on both sides of the road. […]
Upgrade to Greater Manchester’s speed camera network getting underway
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has signed a contract with Jenoptik UK to upgrade almost a hundred spot speed cameras across the region with state-of-the-art technology to help improve road safety. Funded through the Mayor’s Challenge Fund (MCF), the project aims to encourage better driver behaviour by creating a better network of modern safety cameras, […]
New speed cameras for the A32 and A272 in Hampshire installed
Hampshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has announced the installation of eight average speed cameras along two of what she calls the most problematic roads for excessive noise and speeding in the county. Donna Jones says the A32 and A272 in the Meon Valley have been subject to excessive motorbike noise and speeding for a number […]
Man fined for abusing speed camera operator
A man from Bradford has been fined more than £500 after admitting to a public order offence against a Safety Camera van operator. Last August, 24 year old Hamzah Mahmood stopped his vehicle which blocked the safety camera van and then verbally abused the operator. The man, from Queens Road in Bradford, was arrested and […]
Scottish MSP pleads for speed cameras
An MSP is calling for a change in the criteria for placing average speed cameras on roads as he makes a plea for the technology to be added to the A75. The Daily Record reports that, while speaking in a Holyrood debate, Galloway and West Dumfries member Finlay Carson highlighted issues in Crocketford and Springholm, […]
Guernsey moves closer to speed camera introduction
The States of Guernsey is looking for contractors to review the island’s management of traffic offences. The BBC reports the Government on the Channel Island hope introducing a points-based system and fixed cameras will improve road safety. It says it also aims to reduce resources and time police and courts spent on speed offences and […]
West Yorkshire changes speed camera rules
Changes are being made to the way motorists are warned of speed cameras in West Yorkshire. Police say drivers should expect to be caught as changes are made to how safety cameras are used in the county. Drivers and motorcyclists are being warned to ‘expect the unexpected’ as changes are made by the Safety Camera […]
250th Jenoptik SPECS average speed enforcement scheme “makes village a safer place”
A county councillor is celebrating the installation of average speed cameras on a busy A road in Cornwall, saying the success of his long campaign to introduce the enforcement should make his village a safer place. Cllr Peter Williams represents an area including the village Perranarworthal on the A39, which has been plagued by speeding […]
Average speed cameras to go live in north west Coventry
Coventry City Council has announced more average speed enforcement cameras will start operating in the city in the coming weeks. Equipment from enforcement firm Jenoptik has been installed on lamp columns along Tamworth Road which will be able to measure the average speed of motorists. The speed cameras will register the average speed of drivers […]
M4 cameras to start leading to fines
Speed cameras on the M4 in South Wales will start issuing fines this month, more than a year after they were installed. The BBC reports the cameras cover the 50mph stretch of road around Newport, but drivers have escaped prosecution up to now. The Welsh government has set a date for the cameras to start […]
