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News Archive
Below are the news items found in the "Schemes & Plans" category.
Conservatives to drop financial support for speed cameras. Manifesto says they will favour alternatives for more effective road safety such as vehicle activated signs.6-Apr-10 | Source: Tory transport policy | Category: Schemes & PlansComment: At last the promise of a rational road safety policy based on effectiveness and not financial greed. Vehicle activated signs have already proved to be more successful.Reader's Rage:  
Ominous vehicle tracking scheme to be trialled [read more]4-Sep-05 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Schemes & PlansComment: Civil liberties would be trampled over if the government tracked your every moment around the country. A nation of frightened drivers would be watching their speedometers all the time instead of the road. Hopefully democracy will prevail.Reader's Rage: 
Lay-bys to be built in Derbyshire so camera vans don't have to park on yellow lines. ?4500 cost of each one to be paid for by speeding fines.10-Nov-04 | Source: Auto Express | Category: Schemes & PlansReader's Rage:
Speed guns manned by volunteers in Yorkshire [read more]4-Nov-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Crazy, Schemes & PlansComment: Apart from volunteers putting themselves at risk from angry drivers, this barmy scheme will have more drivers slamming on their brakes creating a real danger. 96% of accidents are not caused by exceeding the speed limit so wouldn?t a Dad?s Army of volunteers be of more help reporting drivers who are talking on their phones, driving erratically, failing to indicate, have no tax disc or are driving unroadworthy vehicles?Reader's Rage:
Stealth tax plan to charge drivers ?4.50 per year to own a car1-Oct-04 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Schemes & PlansComment: If speed cameras weren't earning the Treasury enough cash they now want to tax you for the DVLA keeping a record of your property on their computer system!Reader's Rage:
Cheaper car insurance if you fit a speed controller [read more]24-Sep-04 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Schemes & PlansComment: If these gadgets are fitted on a voluntary basis it's unlikely that drivers who know they speed would take part. Since exceeding the speed limit accounts for less than 4% of all accidents it would have an insignificant impact on insurance premiums even if everyone in the country had one fitted.Reader's Rage:
Nearly half of motorists tailgate on motorway [read more]25-Aug-04 | Category: New Traps, Schemes & PlansComment: Just like speed cameras, this system is designed to make money and not save lives. What has the greatest chance of preventing an accident: receiving a ?60 fine two weeks after you were spotted speeding or tailgating, or being warned immediately at the scene if you are driving dangerously? Police and technology should be used to help motorists drive more safely, not to make money.Reader's Rage:
Tories pledge to halt war on drivers, review all 5000 speed cameras, impose 20mph limit near schools and hospitals and increase limit to 80mph on some motorway stretches.3-Aug-04 | Source: Evening Standard | Category: Schemes & PlansComment: A common sense policy from the Conservative party that may win them favour from Britain's 25 million drivers.Reader's Rage:
Photos of road death victims will appear on 2 new cameras in London in attempt to shock motorists into slowing down even though they were killed by a drunk driver.15-Jul-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Pro Camera PR, Schemes & PlansComment: Could also cause accidents as motorists read and squint at photos as they drive past. Ironically most accidents are caused by inattention. The five people who died at this location could not have benefited from cameras because robotic policing can't stop drunk drivers.Reader's Rage:
Police chiefs plan new cameras to catch tailgaters who travel too close to the car infront. A laser will measure the distance and drivers will receive a fixed penalty.25-May-04 | Category: New Traps, Schemes & PlansComment: We welcome moves to target tailgaters but this system must ensure innocent drivers are not prosecuted because of dangerous drivers who make sudden lane changes and pull out in front of other cars.Reader's Rage:
Government plans to revamp points system for speeding. If you are just over the limit (35 in a 30 zone) you receive 2 points. This could increase on a scale up to 6 points for doing 60 in a 30 zone.17-May-04 | Category: Schemes & Plans, Fines & PointsReader's Rage:
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