1. The thin end of a very big wedge
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...you perhaps don't notice your speed. "What is interesting about average-speed cameras is that [limits] are largely observed by motorists," he said. "It reduces fuel consumption. B...

2. I am a nice, normal guy... but these cameras have to go
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...heir discretion but with cameras they will just snap you even if you are just a couple of miles over the limit. “Also if speed cameras are to do with the element of ‘safety’ then I ...

3. Support this petition to prevent average speed cameras
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

The idea that by imposing a 20mph speed limit on neighbourhoods will reduce road accidents is just plain wrong. By trying to measure peoples' speed within those neighbourhoods is just foolish. Wha

4. Town votes to ditch speed cameras
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...vers who have never been in trouble before were being trapped in their thousands. Councils altered speed limits without telling motorists to catch more, cameras caused accidents as people over-reacted...

5. Are slower speeds safer?
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...eed is not always safer! I do'nt see what difference a single digit number change on arbitrary speed limit signs will actually make to these people, if they want a lifesyle change maybe ask the Co...

6. Speeding charges fail due to unchecked speed gun
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...efence specialists Geoffrey Miller Solicitors to represent him, adamant he hadn’t broken the speed limit. Mr Mattey insisted the speed alleged by the officer in the case was simply wrong. The ...

7. NEW SPEED CAM WAR ON DRIVERS
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...n of super speed cameras which will track drivers for up to six miles. The traps will enforce the speed limit over huge stretches of road, including motorways and residential areas. The equipment, s...

8. Speed cameras are turning Brits into WORSE drivers, new research claims
(News/General)

...hey were doing – putting drivers behind at risk. Many said they often did not know the local speed limit and there were not enough signs. The findings come after the number of UK Gatsos soared ...

9. Drivers in one county pay out £1.7m for speed courses
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...e course, which runs over one day, is a direct alternative to prosecution for marginally exceeding speed limits and drivers are referred to the scheme by Lancashire Police. The courses, which cost ea...

10. ‘Gatsos distract British drivers’
(News/Police and The Law)

...hey were doing – putting drivers behind at risk. Many said they often did not know the local speed limit and there were not enough signs. The findings come after the number of UK Gatsos soared ...

11. Drink-drive Pc damaged four cars
(News/Police and The Law)

...cer 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 Wales Polic...

12. German Politicians unwilling to get behind wheel of green cars
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... carbon per kilometer. Last year, the European Commission published proposals for a mandatory emissions limit on car manufacturers of 120 grams per kilometer from 2012. Source: Deutsche Welle...

13. Captain Gatso: Congratulations to Nick Freeman. Again.
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...th when he appeared in court. The father of three, from Altrincham, Cheshire, was so far over the speed limit that he could have been banned from driving and fined up to £1,000 if found guilty....

14. Captain Gatso: Have police crackdowns for all crimes
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...So, let's get the easy meat, the motorists just drifting over an arbitary number of an archaic speed limit.   Speed campaign nabs 1,800 motorists in a week More than 1,800 motorists were cau...

15. No speed gun calibration certificate halts 122mph charge
(News/Police and The Law)

...pproaching when it was still half a mile away from their speed trap. As he drove past them on the 60mph limit route, PC Paul Redwood said he pointed the radar gun at the car. He told the court: &quo...

16. Just TWO speeding tickets and you could be banned from driving
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... speeding offences under a draconian shake-up of road safety laws. Motorists caught going well over the limit would receive six points - double the current penalty - and a £100 fine. It would ...

17. Speed convictions halve after lessons
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...es 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 penalty points by attending a three-hou...

18. Only five out of 800 motorists were speeding
(News/Police and The Law)

...checked hundreds of vehicles but only a small percentage of drivers were found to be exceeding the speed limit. The news follows a scheme by Corby Rural Safer Community Team where 500 motorists were ...

19. UK vigilantes take out three speed cameras in one day
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...camera in Harpenden, Hertfordshire that had been caught in 2006 issuing speeding tickets where the speed limit was illegally set too low, the Herts Advertiser reported. A total of 3500 motorists rec...

20. Lothian and Borders is Scottish speeding fine hotspot
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...f the country. Camera officials said the reduction was proof that more drivers are keeping to the speed limit, but motoring groups said people were simply becoming more aware of where the cameras are...

21. Former cop escapes dangerous driving charge despite speeding at 118mph
(News/Police and The Law)

...ORMER traffic cop dodged a dangerous driving rap despite being clocked doing 118mph while over the drink limit. Yesterday, Gordon McKay, was banned for 21 months and fined £750 after he admitte...

22. Captain Gatso: M11 camera needs to come down
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...s on the warning signs was, in any sense, fair play? Are they really encouraging drivers to obey a speed limit for safety or do they want thousands of drivers to go over a limit they know nothing abou...

23. Over 200,000 people could get speed camera refund
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.... The hated camera catches 500 motorists and rakes in £30,000 every day at a spot where the 70mph limit suddenly drops to 50 on the southbound M11 at Woodford, Essex. Read the full story ...

24. More speed cameras for Norfolk
(News/Police and The Law)

...o dodge fines by hoping boxes are inactive. Partnership manager John Fairey said: "Because we have limited resources, we tend to move the cameras we have between boxes. Motorists have known this...

25. 15mph speed limit to force people out of cars
(News/General)

Speed limits of just 15 miles-per-hour are to be introduced on major roads in planned new towns across the country as part of an effort to reduce global warming. Caroline Flint, the housing minister,

26. Routine M-way police patrols end as force targets blackspots
(News/General)

...ainst road users who create a risk for other people, such as speeding drivers and those over the alcohol limit. Work will focus around sites with the worst record for crashes res-ulting in death or se...

27. Speed cameras fines hit record high
(News/Police and The Law)

...he network of fixed speed cameras in last year's record fine haul were only minimally over the speed limit. An analysis of the 620,194 speeding fines generated from fixed speed cameras in NSW sho...

28. Groups to tender for trials on road pricing
(News/General)

...idely interpreted as a climbdown from any attempt at a genuine nationwide road-pricing scheme, given its limited nature. But the government suggested on Thursday that a UK-wide project had not been ru...

29. Camera's got a blindspot for speeding cars
(News/Police and The Law)

...e four lanes. This means speeding motorists using the fast lane can get away with driving over the 40mph limit without being caught on camera. Hampshire's Safer Roads Partnership, which is in cha...

30. Captain Gatso: Time the newspapers came on board
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... who lose not only their licences, but their livelihoods, just from slightly exceeding an arbitary speed limit! It's bizarre that we have a London-centric media who have to deal with not only spe...