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1. The thin end of a very big wedge
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
... just one point were not popular. He suggested average-speed cameras were better as they encouraged safer driving and also reduced fuel consumption. He told the newspaper that the traditional fixed-...

... pushing as hard as I do about the issues affecting motorists. If Nu Labour didn't love us so much for driving a cash machine on wheels, they would go out of their hate-driven way to force us from...

...s reduce the number of road casualties in the county, Captain Gatso believes the changes in people’s driving have made the roads more dangerous. He said: “We are now driving around consta...

4. 2 in 5 drink drivers is 'foreign'
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...his statistic? Most of those being caught are from Eastern Europe where the same standards to drinking and driving don't seem to apply. Well done for the police in catching these people and then t...

5. Are slower speeds safer?
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
Again, here's a posting from a Forum I watch. The issue of whether driving more slowly makes you a safer driver interests me. Here's the forum posting .... This one is very interesting as Dor

... offer? ** We love the work of Barrie Segal - keep it up fella!! Tens of thousands of motorists fined for driving in bus lanes could have their penalties overturned after a council oversight. Barnet...

...rounds for appealing their convictions. Colin Mattey, a senior Director at British Telecom was accused of driving at 46 mph in a 30mph zone in Birkenhead on 25th May 2007. He contacted Jeanette Mill...

...y not been in the local London papers or on TV yet so we will see! However, as much as I hate the idea of driving whilst under any influence of drink or drugs and have followed and reported people fo...

...9;s loads of traffic cops on the prowl. That's why the Government is wrong. Cameras do not detect bad driving or even drink drivers - they don't even make drivers afraid of taking the risk. ...

I have been hearing loads about a crackdown on drink driving all over the radio in the South East, it's probably not been in the local London papers or on TV yet so we will see! However, as much

11. Captain Gatso: Cyclists must obey the law
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
There's talk of allowing some law changes for cyclists. This is what I told The Times: The same rules should apply to every road user. You cannot make exceptions just because someone happens to b

...d in the wrong place. People are busy watching their speedo and keeping an eye open for cameras instead of driving for their circumstances. Speed cameras are dangerous!" More than half of 1,000 m...

13. Captain Gatso: Fuel Tax protest 19 July
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
... will hit everyone in one way or the other. Lorries delivering food to supermarkets, Taxi's, Couriers, Driving instructors the list goes on. Everyone should be concerned about the rise in pump pr...

...g pressure from hauliers and its own MPs to change its mind on measures that threaten to raise the cost of driving. The Labour MPs say poorer motorists will suffer most from plans to increase road ta...

15. ‘Gatsos distract British drivers’
(News/Police and The Law)
... the poll, said: “It’s worrying that many people think cameras have an adverse effect on their driving – they were introduced to improve road safety.” ...

16. Drink-drive Pc damaged four cars
(News/Police and The Law)
...olice officer who damaged four other cars during a shunt in a busy supermarket car park was over the drink-driving limit, a court has heard. Stephen Rosher, 37, of Wrexham, could be sacked by North W...

17. Drivers' curse takes over county's roads
(News/Police and The Law)
...orse by taking traffic police off the road. A speed camera can't catch drink drivers or someone who is driving like an idiot and just slows down for the camera." Captain Gatso, campaigns dir...

...with the information stored on the databases that criminals and those committing motoring offences such as driving with no insurance, road tax or even an MOT will be caught, either by patrols or by a ...

...energy and cut back on air travel, few of them seem to be practicing what they preach. A handful might be driving home the need for better environmental awareness by using hybrid cars, but most of th...

...h in a 50mph zone. Cricketer Andrew 'Freddy' Flintoff, arrives at Liverpool Magistrates Court for driving offenses with celebrity laywer 'Mr Loophole' Nick Freeman But it took the mi...

A man accused of driving at 122mph on a notorious stretch of road has had the case against him dropped over a legal technicality. Barry Clason, 36, from Bo'ness, was clocked by officers using a s

The cost of driving lessons will rocket under a plan to cut the death toll of young drivers - but critics fear it might push youngsters into driving illegally. The scheme to provide more rigorous tra

23. Captain Gatso: Bangernomics
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
... never hear a dicky bird! Just remember to always wear a seat belt and don't use a mobile phone whilst driving just in case you come across one of the very few officers left out there. Give the ca...

24. 1 in every 3 drivers is fined annually
(News/Police and The Law)
... £800million. The number of more serious offences punished by the courts, such as dangerous or drink driving, has slumped however. The official figures gave rise last night to claims that drive...

...ook or by crook as it is a necessity and much like an Englishman's home is his castle he believes that driving a car is his right for all sorts of reasons. He will continue to drive his car - he ...

...hing the 12-point maximum after just two convictions. The six-point penalty is expected to apply to those driving at 45mph or more in a 30mph zone, at least 57mph in a 40mph area or above 94mph on a ...

... halved since speed awareness courses were introduced to target the problem. Since 2001, motorists caught driving slightly above the speed limit in 30mph zones have been able to avoid collecting pena...

...UK is now 107.5p but prices have reached as high as 118.9p in some regions of the country, meaning someone driving a Ford Focus could fork out as much as £65 just to fill the tank. And MoneyExp...

..." impulse explains why men commit the vast majority of traffic offences including speeding, dangerous driving and drink-driving and account for 94 per cent of prosecutions resulting from road cas...

... After browsing the police computer, he then claimed to have been chasing a Citroen that had been spotted driving erratically in the same area at the same time. His plot fell apart when colleagues c...

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