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Courts soft on uninsured drivers. Read more. 31-Mar-08 [source: Daily Mail]
Comment: Risking an average fine of £177 makes breaking the law a no-brainer for many dishonest drivers - the alternative is to pay up to £1000 for insurance. As the law got tough on insured and licensed motorists for minor speeding offenses it become soft on highly dangerous uninsured drivers.
Reader's Rage: 12345

3500 invalid speeding tickets. Read more. 21-Feb-08 [source: Herts 24]
Comment: What a pity they can’t undo the damage caused to innocent drivers who wrongly lost their license or job because of the arrogance of the speed camera culture.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Paul Smith, leading road safety campaigner, passed away aged 52. Paul ran the SafesSpeed.org.uk campaign and worked hard to try to put science and common sense back into road safety policies.. 14-Dec-07 [source: Motorcycle News]
Comment: Paul will be sorely missed, often providing quotes for the national press as the only sane response to misplaced reliance on speed cameras, the revenue, greed and the persecution of motorists that go with it.
Reader's Rage: 12345

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Welcome to the news archive containing stories about speed cameras and related road safety issues. Some news headlines are clickable indictating more information is available. Where the source of a story is clickable it will take you to the original article.

Misconduct allegation against DfT's figures on cost effectiveness of speed cameras [read more]
28-Apr-07 | Source: SafeSpeed | Category: Crazy
Comment: No wonder road safety hasn't improved when grossly misleading information is presented to Parliament as hard core facts.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Fines to go up by £15 to compensate victims of serious crime [read more]
9-Mar-07 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Schemes & Plans, Fines & Points
Comment: Drivers exceeding the speed limit will have to compensate victims of robbers and murderers. Where is the logic and justice in that?
Reader's Rage: 12345


Make motorway limit 80mph says government report [read more]
14-Jan-07 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Statistics & Research
Comment: Driving groups have been calling for a 80mph limit for years because the current one is based on research from over 40 years ago. Things have changed a lot since then and the government should seriously consider this report that they requested.
Reader's Rage: 12345

M4 camera that caused accidents to be removed [read more]
24-Dec-06 | Source: BBC News | Category: Location Issues
Comment: This is the first acknowledgement by officials that speed cameras have side effects. Pity it's taken so many horrible accidents to get this far.
Reader's Rage: 12345

We have moved to a new host so this website should be a bit faster.
22-Nov-06
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Government figures show 95% of accidents have nothing to do with speeding [read more]
29-Sep-06 | Source: Department for Transport | Category: Statistics & Research
Comment: Will they learn from their own research and move their resources to tackle the 95% of accidents rather than focusing solely on the 5%? If it can save lives then it's about time they found the courage to change direction.
Reader's Rage: 12345

End to speed cameras at roadworks [read more]
6-Aug-06 | Source: The Times | Category: Statistics & Research, Schemes & Plans
Comment: About time too! Safety must always be placed above making money and finally the Highways Agency takes a brave step to acknowledge that and wins the backing of many motorists.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Cameras to enforce 20mph zones instead of speed humps [read more]
15-Jun-06 | Source: BBC News | Category: New Traps
Comment: These cameras will allow the worst kind of drivers to speed down residential roads without any physical restraints - and these illegal drivers will get away with it because their whereabouts can't be traced.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Evidence inadmissible if camera photos are late [read more]
22-May-06 | Source: Motor Cycle News | Category: Prosecution
Comment: This loophole has been law for 40 years which every camera partnership should be aware of - and everyone with a court summons needs to be aware of.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Attack of the 16ft speed cameras [read more]
8-Apr-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: New Traps
Comment: Authorities continue to obsess and spend a fortune on camera technology but it does nothing to help prevent the 96% of accidents where exceeding the speed limit isn't the primary cause. Therefore the overwhelming majority of accidents will continue.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Motoring offenses hit record high [read more]
31-Mar-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Statistics & Research
Comment: The number of speeding tickets issued has doubled in 3 years. If cameras are so great then surely they should be reducing the number of speeding motorists, not increasing them?
Reader's Rage: 12345

Government official admits speed guns make mistakes [read more]
16-Mar-06 | Source: Daily Mail
Comment: This huge admission must be followed up by a withdrawal and review of speed guns otherwise 1000's more motorists will be criminalised based on evidence from an untrustworthy device.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Speed gun victim cleared after 15 hearings and ?30,000 cost to public [read more]
28-Jan-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution
Comment: Mr Jennings was brave enough to challenge the laser gun and win, but how many other drivers have been wrongly prosecuted?
Reader's Rage: 12345

Gatsos not tested with motorbikes [read more]
3-Jan-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution, Statistics & Research
Comment: If the Home Office thinks there's nothing unique about motorcycles then perhaps they should consult a 10 year old child who will count the number of wheels and point out the size difference for them.
Reader's Rage: 12345

?17M profit for speed camera operators [read more]
1-Jan-06 | Source: Department for Transport | Category: Statistics & Research
Comment: Motorists' ?120M stealth tax nets nice earner for camera partnerships
Reader's Rage: 12345

National car tracking system ready to go in early 2006 [read more]
15-Nov-05 | Source: The Register | Category: Schemes & Plans
Comment: Big brother gets even bigger. To what end will this national spying system being used?
Reader's Rage: 12345


Mobile speed camera lies - LTI 20.20 exposed as unreliable [read more]
15-Oct-05 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Statistics & Research
Comment: Again the authorities shrug aside the laws of physics and strong evidence in order to continue their charade of ticketing motorists using unreliable equipment and faulty road safety policies.
Reader's Rage: 12345

Drivers warned number plate theft is on the rise [read more]
14-Oct-05 | Source: Edinburgh Evening News
Comment: The government's prosecution by number plate policy (getting cameras to record offenses instead of real policemen) has lead to an increase in number plate theft. If yours is stolen report it to the police immediately!
Reader's Rage: 12345

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