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Posted by Chris on Sep 29, 2010

Government Admits To Exaggerating Accident Statistics

Lies, damned lies and statistics. That’s the phrase that springs to mind on the news that the Department for Transport has been using out-of-date accident...

Posted by Chris on Jul 11, 2010

Speeding Motorists Pay Record Fines

Any idea how much money was raised by speed cameras between 2008 and 2009? Well, thanks to the release of some goverment stats the total figure is now known to be a...

Posted by Chris on May 24, 2010

Watch Out For New Speed Camera Vans

If you’re driving through Bedfordshire then keep an eye out for their new speed camera vans. Called “Command Vans” they have four cameras that cover...

Posted by Chris on Oct 27, 2009

‘Intelligent’ Speed Cameras Coming Soon

Soon there’ll be no escape from speed cameras. We’ve already got the dreaded SPECS cameras measuring our average speed, and now there’s a new...

Posted by Chris on May 6, 2009

Speed Camera Boss Banned For Speeding

It’s been a bad week for Tom Riall, one of the chief executives at a company called Serco. He has just received a six month driving ban for being caught speeding...

Posted by Chris on Jan 5, 2009

Nearly Half Of All Speed Cameras Are Switched Off

If you drive regularly on the UK roads there must have been a time when you’ve spotted a speed camera at the last second, hit the brakes and waited for the...

Posted by Chris on Nov 10, 2008

Average Speed Cameras Go Digital

Beware of the dreaded SPECS average speed camera, as they’re now going digital. At the moment average speed cameras work in pairs, and are connected to each other...

Posted by Chris on Nov 4, 2008

Two Speed Cameras For The Price Of One

A new speed camera that can be used as both a fixed and mobile unit is undergoing trilas in Lithuania. At first glance the camera, developed by German firm Vitronic,...

Posted by Chris on Oct 31, 2008

Driving Like A Muppet

Police in the German state of Bavaria were surprised to find one of the cast of the Muppet Show had been snapped by a speed camera exceeding the local speed limit....

Posted by Chris on Sep 16, 2008

Average Speed Cameras For All UK Roads

It’s ‘bash the motorists’ time again, as the government prepares to back SPECS cameras as a more profitable replacement for the good old Gatso camera....