| Sunday 9th November 2008 |
Geoff Hoon to replace Fixed Cameras with Average Speed Cameras |
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Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon looks set to replace hundreds of fixed cameras with the average speed cameras which are seen to be fairer on motorists and also encourages safer driving. |
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| Thursday 6th November 2008 |
Gloucester A40 gets speed camera |
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The A40 in Gloucester had for months plagued motoristrs with its on going road works, now however they have something new to contend with as although the road works are not yet completed the new speed camera has already been installed.. |
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| Thursday 6th November 2008 |
Wokingham Campaigners defend speed cameras |
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Thames Valley Safer Roads Partership say that road safety campaigners are are very much in favour of speed cameras in Wokingham. This is in response to the news that the Borough Council have decided that they may ban the cameras. |
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| Sunday 2nd November 2008 |
Speed Cameras in the North being vandalised |
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In the past 18 months more than 12 cameras have been targeted by incensed drivers, costing the tax payers mant thousands of pounds to repair them. The average cost per camera to be repaired is in the region of £15,000 and in some areas the cameras are coming under repeated attacks. |
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| Friday 31st October 2008 |
Deaths halved on notorious road due to speed cameras |
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A well known accident blackspot has seen death numbers halved since the introduction of average speed cameras 3 years ago. It is known as Britains longest speed trap as it covers 32 miles of the A77 in Ayrshire. |
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| Friday 31st October 2008 |
North Yorkshire Village first to have speed cameras installed |
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North Yorkshire, with its 6,000 miles of highways has finally succumbed to the idea of having fixed speed cameras and a village called Burn has put itself forward to be the first to try the scheme. |
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| Thursday 23rd October 2008 |
Swindon Council Calls a Halt to its Speed Cameras |
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This is the first council in Britain to stop the fixed camera funding. All of the monies raised by the cameras goes directly to the Government and they then give amounts of the monies to the councils to be used on their road safety, the amounts being relevant to the accident statistics. |
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| Friday 10th October 2008 |
Man Wins Speeding Case |
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A 51 year old man from West Yorkshire has won a case by proving that the speedgun had not been distanced tested before and after the 2 hour session which bagged the newly qualified Officer Shaun Greenwood 27 speeders. |
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| Friday 10th October 2008 |
Specs3 Speed Cameras |
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The new Specs3 speed cameras have been approved and will probably be arriving near you very soon. The cost per network is expected to be in the region of £300,000 but will be bound to pay for itself in a very short time! |
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| 07 October 2008 |
Speed cameras should be removed from the roads |
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A Portsmouth City Councillor says that speed cameras should be removed and replaced with mobile units as they are not working.Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson who is the leader of Portsmouth City Council has been discussing the future of speed cameras with other senior councillors. |
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| Tuesday 30 September 2008 |
82mph wheelie in 30mph zone gets biker a ban |
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Steven Skilton aged 22 was captured seven times exceeding 30mph, on 3 of these occasions he was doing speeds of over 80mph. Mr Skilton was disqualified from driving for 18 months at Southampton Magistrates Court, he was fined £600 and had 39 points put on his licence. |
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| Monday 29th September 2008 |
Speed case won by Traffic Cop |
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Mark Treleaven-Jones, a Traffic Officer with North Wales Police in Bangor, has won his case for speeding through traffic works. On Feb 4 th he was caught speeding at 56mph in a 40mph temporary zone in Conwy. |
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| Tuesday 16th September 2008 |
78 Points on Licence For London Boss |
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A 48yr old man who runs a company in London has managed to clock up 78 penalty points on his driving licence. He was captured repeatedly by two safety cameras in London.
Mr Henry Cole was caught by the cameras no less than 13 times between April and July 2007. |
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| Monday 15th September 2008 |
Average Speed Cameras For All Roads |
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The Average speed cameras track drivers over long distances and are to be reportedly introduced all over the country replacing the current Gatsos. At the moment these cameras are used where road works are taking place, but plans are afoot to use them in accident black spots, residential areas and on motorways |
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| Friday 12th September 2008 |
Speed Cameras Damaging Police |
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A senior officer said today that Public confidence in the police has been damaged by the use of too many speed cameras. Ian Johnston, wishes to see a review into the 'unfair' use of Gatsos due to the fact that the public do not seem to believe that they are effective in road safety. |
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| Tuesday 9th September 2008 |
Drivers Slowing Down |
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A growing number of drivers in Scotland seem to be slowing down, according to the most recent speed camera data. The number of motorists who were caught speeding by cameras in Lothian and Borders fell according to a report by The Scotsman. |
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| Tuesday 9th September 2008 |
Speed Trap Game a Huge Hit |
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According to the Evening Sentinel newspaper in the UK over six million frustrated drivers have logged on to a game where they can blow up speed cameras. |
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| Monday 1st September 2008 |
Speed camera burns in Coventry |
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A speed camera was attacked by an arsenist on a road in Coventry. It is thought that around £4,000 worth of damage has been done on top of the fact that drivers lives were put at risk. |
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| Monday 18th August 2008 |
30 more speed cameras for Merseyside |
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Merseyside has added over 30 new speed camera sites in a bid to cut down on deaths and serious injury on the roads. They also have 2 new Safety Camera vans which will cover a further 52 locations. This is in addition to the previous one safety van which covered 30 sites. |
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| Tuesday 15th July 2008 |
Speed cameras to be scrapped by Swindon Council |
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Swindon council has decided to shelve their speed camera projects as they feel that they are a 'blatant tax on the motorist'. This appears to be the first time that the Government has been accused of using the cameras as a money making machine by a council. |
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| Tuesday 15th July 2008 |
Town May Cut Speed Camera Funding |
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"A council could stop paying for speed cameras because it says they might not be the best way to make roads safer." More... |
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| Monday 30th June 2008 |
Sat-navs to speak up if drivers turn on to dangerous roads |
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Some of the most dangerous roads in Britain will be programmed into satellite navigation devices to warn drivers when they stray on to them. The European Road Assessment Programme, is a non-profit road safety group, and is in talks with several sat-nav companies with a view to allowing them to use its risk map, which has just been published. |
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| Thursday 26th June 2008 |
Speeding appeal leaves motorist with £15,000 court bill |
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Vikki Fielden, 49, a graphic designer, was caught doing 36mph in a 30mph zone as she drove through Huddersfield West Yorks, in June 2006. She rejected the fine and three points because her husband, Ian Fielden, a university researcher, questioned the accuracy of the speed camera involved. |
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| Tuesday 24th June 2008 |
Is your SatNav being affected By The Northern Lights? |
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Owners of sat navs may well be having problems with wrong routes and non existant roads due to the activity of the Northern Lights! Some scientists believe that Aurora Borealis may be the culprit with regard to the ever growing issues with SatNavs. |
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| Thursday 29th May 2008 |
Council motoring fines 'illegal' |
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"Some councils have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds by enforcing unlawful traffic and parking restrictions " |
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| Thursday 10th April 2008 |
Speeding ticket scam man jailed |
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"A man has been jailed for 80 days after admitting disguising his car with stickers to avoid a speeding fine" |
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| Sunday 30th March 2008 |
200,000 People Could Get Speed Camera Refund |
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Simon Grills was caught on camera and given a £60 fine but the case ended up being dropped because the sign used to alert drivers to the drop in speed limit from 70mph to 50mph is unlit at night. |
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| Tuesday 11th March 2008 |
Average speed cameras for UK motorways |
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"The Department for Transport (DfT) is planning to introduce average speed cameras on 500 miles of motorway, in order to ensure drivers constantly obey speed limits." |
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| Thursday 28th February 2008 |
Bad weather hampering speed cameras |
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"Drivers are beating speed cameras - because Gatsos can't cope with bad weather" |
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| Tuesday 26th February 2008 |
M25 speed cameras go digital |
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"The Highways Agency has confirmed that it is in the process of replacing the wet film speed cameras in the variable speed limit section of the M25 with digital speed cameras that will never run out of film" |
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