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Speed Camera Law & Developments XI Please note that we only deal with personal injury compensation
claims and we do not provide advice on speeding offences.
| June 2004 |
Report claims that cameras are saving 100 lives a year.
The Government have released an independently produced report stating
that the cameras were saving 100 lives a year. As a result the network of
cameras is to remain in place.
However, the Government's own survey of
Britain's 5,200 cameras published on the Transport Department's website
showed that personal injury accident claim rates had risen at some sites. Officials admitted
that they had identified sites where 'casualties had increased rather than
decreased'. Ministers said that there were sites where further
investigation was necessary by the police forces who were responsible for
them. |
| August 2004 |
The Wiltshire and Swindon Road Safety Partnership has
started using a 650cc Honda Deauville motorcycle. It was introduced
in June to patrol country lanes and A roads and is in addition to
the ten fixed cameras and six mobile vans in operation. So, if you're
driving in Wiltshire, look out, you never know where they will be. |
| September 2004 |
Proposed Points shake up
announced.
Ministers have issued a consultation document outlining
their plans for an overhaul in the penalty points system with regards to
speeding offences in the hope of cutting personal injury accident claim numbers.
They are proposing a sliding scale of points and
fines depending where the offence took place and how much over the speed
limit the driver was travelling. There would be tougher penalties for
speeding in residential areas - near schools and hospitals, or where there
are likely to be vulnerable road users. For example, anyone driving at
32mph or more in a 20mph area would be hit with an instant £100 fine and
six penalty points.
The table below gives details of how it would
work.
| Speed limit |
Two points and £40 fine |
Three points and £60 fine |
Six points and £100 fine |
| 20mph |
- |
21 - 31mph |
Over 31mph |
| 30mph |
31 - 40mph |
41 - 44mph |
Over 44mph |
| 40mph |
41 - 50mph |
51 - 56mph |
Over 56mph |
| 50mph |
51 - 61mph |
62 - 69mph |
Over 69mph |
| 60mph |
61 - 72mph |
73 - 81mph |
Over 81mph |
| 70mph |
71 - 83mph |
84 - 93mph |
Over
93mph |
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