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1. The thin end of a very big wedge
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...rved by motorists," he said. "It reduces fuel consumption. By encouraging that smoother flow of traffic you are getting greater reliability." We don't trust average speed cameras....

2. Official! Speed cops are a dying breed
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
This is not the way to enforce road safety standards. New Government figures reveal traffic police are offically a dying breed – with some forces slashing patrols by up to 84 per cent. The Depa

3. Huge cost of speed cam abuse
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...roductive. In Durham, you don’t have fixed speed cameras. Instead, road safety relies on traditional traffic policing rather than a machine which measures speed over a few hundred metres. &ldqu...

...we’re talking about thousands and thousands of pounds – should be invested in traditional road traffic policing. “When we had that, England had some of the safest roads in the world...

5. Experts: Labour's transport policy has failed
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...the failure story.... Labour transport policy 'failing' The government accepts there is more traffic on the roads than 10 years ago. Ten years of government transport policy has been dis...

6. Are slower speeds safer?
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...erests me. Here's the forum posting .... This one is very interesting as Dorset County Councils local Traffic Engineer Andrew Bradley (full job title) Project Engineer for Network Traffic Managem...

7. NEW SPEED CAM WAR ON DRIVERS
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
... 30 million voting motoring public would like to see this money better invested back into traditional road traffic policing.” It was also in the Daily Express and, incredibly, the front page of ...

... Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, RESOURCES. Having family and friends in the job, I know that London has five Traffic Depts or Road Policng Units now and they are lucky to put out a couple of cars each p...

...e om patrol. No-one in their right mind would think of using a motorway knowing that there's loads of traffic cops on the prowl. That's why the Government is wrong. Cameras do not detect bad...

... Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, RESOURCES! Having family and friends in the job, I know that London has five Traffic Depts or Road Policng Units now and they are lucky to put out a couple of cars each p...

...he M62, to head into the city centre. Police used rolling-roadblocks to keep disruption to a minimum, but traffic backed up behind the convoy on the M60. More 500 bikers on M602 and were greeted by ...

12. Captain Gatso: Cyclists must obey the law
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)
...he old gag: “But I’m only going one way.” This is the beginning of The Times story: A traffic-dodging dash the wrong way up a one-way street may be the tempting risk for many a fr...

13. Nearly 100 new speed cameras for Sussex
(News/Police and The Law)
...t forward for Home Office approval later this year. Replacing all of Sussex's fixed speed cameras and traffic light cameras would cost £1,740,000. The cost of the machines will be met thro...

14. Drivers' curse takes over county's roads
(News/Police and The Law)
Speed camera numbers in Lancashire are now the third highest in Britain while the number of traffic police has fallen to a five-year low. New figures released by the Department for Transport show the

...d: "No. But it was within its calibration dates." Mr Clason's lawyer, Graham Walker, a road traffic law specialist, objected and claimed the officer's testimony on the gun's cal...

...in his name but not where he lives or works. That is completely within the realms of the law and the Road Traffic Act and adhering to DVLA guidelines. He will then not be bothered by DVLA reminders a...

...igned a "special certificate" last year that gives foreign security agencies real-time access to traffic camera images and related data monitoring British motorists on highways throughout th...

...returned to how it was. Transport for London said the freed road space created by the 21 per cent drop in traffic had been taken up by other road users. It is the first time TfL has publicly admitte...

...r Geoffrey Beattie. This "Fred Flintstone" impulse explains why men commit the vast majority of traffic offences including speeding, dangerous driving and drink-driving and account for 94 p...

...ities in order that they are able to maintain their roads in a fit and proper condition, commensurate with traffic efficiency and road safety, rather than on what seems to be the current 'patch an...

21. Speeding ticket scam man jailed
(News/Police and The Law)
...and deliberate attempt to avoid a speeding fine, which was just not worth it. "This started out as a traffic offence and developed into a serious criminal matter which led to a jail sentence.&qu...

... Advanced Motorists' Motoring Trust, said: "The best safety cameras slow down 100 per cent of the traffic and catch 0 per cent of the drivers."...

David Beckham picked up a costly booking - from a Los Angeles traffic cop. Becks, 32, was pulled over in his £35,000 Cadillac Escalade and was handed an £80 ticket for making an illegal l

A FORMER 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 admi

Drivers in Eastbourne are happy after its traffic wardens were stripped of the power to issue parking fines. It's thanks to a wrangle between the county and borough councils, parking in the East

...ave been delivered by the hand of Satan himself. Deeply offensive to you, me and every day-to-day driver, traffic wardens are turning into invisible parking Fagins, pickpocketing you by stealth. Gon...

...because of the difficulty in obtaining their details. Foreign drivers account for about 5 per cent of road traffic in the EU but are responsible for an average of 15 per cent of speeding offences &mda...

I've been trying to get various journalists on the national newspapers to wake up to what is going to happen at the end of this month. This really is the thin end of the wedge. You won't kno

Drivers spotted by the "Big Brother" cameras also face fines of up to £120 as part of a Government shake-up of parking regulations which comes into effect from Monday, March 31. Until

Police have ended routine motorway patrols in South Yorkshire to allow traffic officers to target accident blackspots instead. The change in policy means some minor incidents which would previously h

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