Speeding
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Estonia trials new approach to SPEEDING. Pay a fine or take a time out.
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Think speeding will get you to your destination quicker? Not in Estonia it won’t. The Police force has been trialling a new kind of speeding penalty – and rather than receiving a fine or points by default, if you get caught you’ll be given a choice between paying a fine or taking a time out.…
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SMART motorway CAMERAS expected to make £600,000 a year. EACH.
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According to road chiefs, individual smart motorway cameras are expected to rack up £600,000 in fines every year – and police forces across the country are hiring more staff to deal with the extra workload. Around one million motorists are caught speeding in Britain each year – and with more stretches of smart motorway being…
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European Parliament set to VOTE on making SPEEDING impossible.
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Today the European Parliament will vote for or against the compulsory use of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) in all road vehicles. Some cars with the ISA system fitted are already on sale, but if the proposals are agreed, the law hopes to be applied to all road vehicles in the European market by 2022. By…
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New police camera can catch speeders and phone users driving nearly ONE MILE away
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POLICE have unveiled a speed camera capable of spotting speeding drivers from nearly a MILE away. The new bit of kit is currently undergoing in-field use by police in Gloucester to tackle offences like speeding and tailgating, but the quality of the image delivered at extreme distances is claimed to be so good that it…
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What a moron! Prat films himself topping 189mph on a stolen bike in the UK – then saves it on his laptop
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It’s believed to be the fastest EVER speed by which a motorcyclist has been convicted in this country – the phone footage shows Adam Campion getting pretty close to the double tonne on a stolen bike. Without bothering his brain cells too much, the scrote, riding someone else’s pride and joy, then took the footage…
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Meet the future of speed cameras – it weighs less than a pound and fits into the palm of your hand. And the Met Police are trialing it now…
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Called the TruSpeed SE at 132 x 114 x 53mm in size, the speed camera is about the same size as a pair of small binoculars. Indeed, the camera does look like a small pair of binoculars but only has one lens that an officer looks through, the inbuilt lazer can be pinpointed on…
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Cops cancel 250,000 speeding fines in a 12-month period – as officer numbers continue to decline
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Police across the UK have been forced to scrap one in 10 speeding fines issued in a 12-month period – and in some cases, forces have scrapped more than a quarter of the fines handed out to drivers. According to analysis by Dr Adam Snow, a lecturer in criminology at Liverpool Hope University, more than…
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Britain’s Roads Policing Chief: Punish speeders who go 1mph over limit!
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It’s a stark warning to all road users – don’t stray over the speed limit even by the smallest amount. if you do then things could get much more dire. Britain’s Roads Policing Chief Anthony Bangham has called for an end to the 10 per cent “buffer” over the limit, and said speeding awareness…
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Crash biker caught by own helmet camera footage is sentenced
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https://youtu.be/TSKqL0OzM0I A speeding motorcyclist who was caught out by footage on his own helmet camera has been sentenced. Nicholas Pannell, 30, crashed into a hedge as he raced fellow biker Joshua Illingworth, 29, at speeds up to 118mph last July. A recording of the pursuit was found on Pannell’s camera when Devon Police were called…
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REVEALED! Britain’s most profitable speed cameras
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· The most productive camera charges £1,661 a day · The same camera racked up over 6,000 speeding offences in just one year The nation’s highest earning speed cameras have been revealed, as part of new research from Carole Nash Insurance Consultants – voted the UK’s favourite and best motorcycle insurance broker. The UK insurance broker submitted freedom of…
