Average speed cameras installed on the Cat and Fiddle from 16th Feb 2010
Bike catching, average-speed cameras are to be installed on the A537 Cat and Fiddle run from Macclesfield to Buxton from next week. So, according to the latest report from the MCN website, work is about to start on installing the stealth tax machines, sorry , I meant to say camera’s. It’s truly heartwarming to see the local authorities spending... [Continue reading...]
Spain Puts UK To Shame On Road Deaths
Speed camera’s do not work….. Figures released by Spain’s Dirección General de Tráfico show a drop of one fifth in road fatalities. 2,182 were killed in 2008, some 559 fewer than the previous year. Despite Spain having a similar number of vehicles on the road as the UK, the most recent fatality figure in the UK was 2,946, a damning... [Continue reading...]
Swindon Council Removes Fixed Speed Safety Cameras
Swindon council branded ‘reckless’ for speed camera ban Road safety groups have accused Swindon council of experimenting with people’s lives today after the town became the first in the UK to abolish speed cameras. The Conservative-run council voted unanimously to withdraw funding from fixed-point speed cameras last night claiming that... [Continue reading...]