1. The thin end of a very big wedge
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...mera doesn't work (see yesterday's blog) so here we have the government wading in again. Apparently, transport secretary Geoff Hoon has said traditional fixed-point speed cameras may be replac...

2. Official! Speed cops are a dying breed
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... offically a dying breed – with some forces slashing patrols by up to 84 per cent. The Department for Transport survey shows the head count has reduced by nearly 20 per cent across Britain in a...

3. News of the World: Flash of anger
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...Road safety group Brake said: “Speed cameras are there to protect lives.” And the Department of Transport said: “We condemn these acts.”   ...

4. Experts: Labour's transport policy has failed
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So here you have it - as if you are surprised! It's official - NuLabour's transport policy isn't working. When that clown Prescott was in charge it was never going to happen (and he said h

5. Support this petition to prevent average speed cameras
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... replace existing speed cameras in our residential areas and motorway system. According to the Department of Transports own figures, the number of car drivers who break the 30 mph speed limit has drop...

6. Lorry drivers to shut down London roads in capital's largest-ever fuel protest TODAY!
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...iers from all around the UK. The convoy will make its way to central London, parking close to Marble Arch. Transport for London has said the A40 will be closed between White City and Edgware Road in...

7. Drivers' curse takes over county's roads
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...hile the number of traffic police has fallen to a five-year low. New figures released by the Department for Transport show there were 345 fixed and mobile speed camera sites across the county in 2006...

8. £5 a gallon 'just around the corner'
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...e for petrol. The current cost of 117.41 pence per litre for petrol consists of 49.57p for the oil company, transporters and retailers whilst the Chancellor gets 67.84p. AA president Edmund King, sa...

9. Rising costs drive motorists off the road
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...nsurance premiums, petrol prices and car maintenance costs are pushing drivers off the roads and onto public transport, according to MoneyExpert.com. The independent financial comparison website says...

10. Congestion charge has not cut jams, admits TfL chief
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...decreased by 30 per cent after the toll was introduced in February 2003 but has now returned to how it was. Transport for London said the freed road space created by the 21 per cent drop in traffic h...

11. Improvement needed in UK road maintenance
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...r so that there is not so much disruption for couriers and other motorists. That is the view of the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which has also argued that local authority funding for the imp...

12. More than 2m untaxed and uninsured drivers on our roads
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...ne in 20 chance of being prosecuted against a one in six chance in 1999. The figures were unearthed by Tory transport spokesman Theresa Villiers from answers to a series of parliamentary questions. ...

13. Captain Gatso: EXCLUSIVE Wifi speed camera is bad news LEGAL UPDATE
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...work but I won't.  AS previously given to the Evening Standard via our sources in low places within Transport for London and the LSCP - here they are at it again. I can confirm that the A13 w...

14. Sky spy to track drivers
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...rsquo;s Budget that the Government was pushing ahead with national road pricing – just one month after Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly appeared to shelve the idea....

15. 15mph speed limit to force people out of cars
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...to stay out of their cars. It will introduce the low speed limit as a means of getting people to use public transport, walk more or use bicycles, with the aim of cutting pollution and increasing the ...

16. LPG cars lose C-charge discount
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...se environmentally friendlier fuels to avoid paying the congestion charge could lose their exemption.   Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans to phase-out the Alternative Fuel Discount (...

17. EU deal means no escape from that speeding offence on the Continent
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...r an average of 15 per cent of speeding offences — 30 per cent in some states. Jacques Barrot, the EU Transport Commissioner, said that the exchange of drivers’ data was needed because to...

18. Routine M-way police patrols end as force targets blackspots
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...h would previously have been picked up and dealt with by traffic police will now be handled by Department of Transport civilian motorway patrol crews. That will leave police free to take action again...

19. Motorists unfairly hit by £45bn green tax despite
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...ight into central Government funds. Chief executive Paul Everitt said the cost of CO2 emissions by all road transport represents only about ten per cent of the revenue raised from "environmental...

20. Groups to tender for trials on road pricing
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... the government has not surrendered to the motoring lobby over the controversial policy. The Department for Transport has confirmed it is pressing ahead with its plan to examine how the systems would...

21. Speed cameras collect over £100m in fines
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New figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) revealed that the 38 safety camera partnerships in England and Wales raised £104.4m in 2006/07.       Motorists in

22. Brtain's roads excavated 2m times in last year
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.... The utility firms are currently given almost a free rein to dig holes in the road. But the Department for Transport is currently considering plans to give local authorities power to regulate road a...

23. EU's plan to keep car lights on ALL day will cost drivers £160 a year in wasted fuel
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...itain opposed the measure but was unable to block it because a majority of other EU nations were in favour. Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick admitted this week that the rules, which will come into ...

24. Captain Gatso: It's Budget Day today
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... are taken by the Govenment." And people still don't get angry? This is backed up by the Freight Transport Association who say: "The FTA, along with other transport bodies, wish to se...

25. Captain Gatso: We need a fuel protest champion
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...rotest. What is happening? Has this Government really cowed us into submission? What are the hauliers and transport industry doing? They've had meetings but no formal action. I know Nu Labour ...

26. Johnson promises 'less stick, more carrot' for London commuters
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...rgatory" for Londoners and overturn policies that penalised motorists. Launching his vision for London transport, the MP for Henley signalled his ambitious plan to persuade London's train un...

27. Captain Gatso: Hurrah for sensible politicians!
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...r own personal politics go to the link below and enjoy, for once, a sensible policy paper about our cars and transport system. This is the link at conway.org . This group celebrates the freedom brough...

28. Skilled drivers could offset speeding offences with 'positive points', think tank suggests
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...ccording to controversial proposals drawn up by Conservative Way Forward. The group, chaired by former Tory transport minister Chris Chope, also suggest that speed cameras and "unnecessary"...

29. Caught on camera - 3,500 drivers refunded speeding fines
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...to pay higher insurance premiums as a result. County Councillor Stuart Pile, Executive Member for Highways, Transport and Rural Affairs, said: "I want to stress that all those people who were co...

30. THE HIDDEN MINEFIELDS BURIED IN THE NEW PARKING LAWS
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... issued and is not enforceable.  This was confirmed in the 2007 High Court case of R (on Application of Transport for London) v Parking Adjudicator (interested party Ademolake) (EWHC 1172 Admin) ...