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 […]
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New Jenoptik speed camera installed in Nottingham
Police in Nottingham are warning drivers to slow down and stick to the speed limit as a new speed and red light camera is set to go live. The Nottinghamshire Safety Camera Partnership has installed the camera from Jenoptik on the A38 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield in response to concerns about speeding in the area. The new […]
Police officer sacked for lying about speeding
A police constable’s been sacked without notice after giving a dishonest reason for speeding on the M4. Police Oracle reports that last August PC Stewart Argyle was driving a police vehicle containing a detainee when he activated a speed camera while driving at 62 mph in a 50 limit. He claimed that the prisoner had […]
Cost of living crisis could be causing fewer people to speed
High fuel prices and the cost of living crisis could be leading to a fall in the number of drivers speeding on Britain’s roads. Analysis by Select Car Leasing of figures from the DVLA have found the number of motorists prosecuted for so-called ‘SP30’ – ‘exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road’ – offences […]
Drivers’ most annoying habits revealed in new survey
A new survey of drivers’ attitudes in the UK suggests they hate it when other people tailgate them or fail to indicate. A survey by Virtu Motors also found other leading peeves were when people use their phone whilst driving, driving with their lights on full beam and hogging the middle lane on the motorway […]
Police and Crime Commissioner caught speeding five times in three months
A police and crime commissioner who had pledged to crack down on speeding has been given a six-month driving ban after being caught breaking the limit five times in 12 weeks. Nottinghamshire’s Conservative PCC Caroline Henry broke a 30mph (48km/h) limit in four locations in the county between March and June 2021. Henry admitted the […]
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 […]
Jenoptik’s new spot speed technology catches nearly 700 dangerous drivers in a week
A new spot speed camera installed which can monitor both directions of traffic at once has caught 681 speeding motorists in its first full week of operation on the A394 in Cornwall. The VECTOR SR installation, funded by the Vision Zero South West road safety partnership, went live on the 30 mph road at Longdowns […]
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 […]
