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 whopping £87m.At the same time the decline in casualties has reduced – we’re having fewer accidents than we were but the reduction in numbers is slower than it was before speed cameras...

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 the front, sides and back, rather than just at the rear as with traditional speed vans. There are currently four vans in use, each of which was converted at a cost of £28,000. The vans allow a...

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 ‘intelligent’ speed camera that could be rolled out onto the UK’s roads within the next 18 months.A greater threat to our licenses than the common Gatso, these new cameras don’t...

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 at 102.92 mph while travelling along the A14, a dual carriageway with a 70mph limit. He was also fined £300 and ordered to pay £46 court fees and a £15 victim surcharge. The irony? Serco is a...

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 tell-tale flash in the rear-view mirror.Well, it turns out that there’s a good chance that the flash wouldn’t have gone off no matter how fast you were travelling. Police have admitted a...

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 by cables. With new advances in digital technology up to 50 SPECS3 cameras can be linked together using internet cables, giving them the ability to work up to 15 miles apart. By linking multiple...

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, looks like a traditional speed camera that is housed in a plain-looking metal cabinet at floor level. However, the actual camera mechanism can be easily removed from the cabinet, so if the cash...

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.Before proceedings were initiated against Animal, crazed drummer for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem band, it was discovered that this was a UK-registered right-hand drive Audi. It also turns out...