Police use camera too distracted to catch driver cars

Greater Manchester Smart cars with pull-out are police use cameras in an effort to catch drivers using their mobile phones, applying make-up or food behind the wheel.

Officials say the cars that look similar to those of Google Street view will contribute, caused by fahren.DriveSafe distracted the number of deaths, the road safety group behind the scheme claims that distracted driver involved 406 accidents in the Greater Manchester area in the past two years were kill or injure seriously 25 victims.

The scheme uses two disabled Autos.Treiber, with a mobile phone caught punishable ?60 and have three penalty points set while the filmed without a seat belt to your license or driving erratically while eating ?30 will be punished.

The project has come under fire from automobile groups who say that the high power telescope cameras too large an injury of the driver are freedoms.

""You could also put to test something in cars, drivers think,"said the Association of British drivers' Nigel Humphries, the Telegraph quoted.""Apart from it is erratic counterproductive. While the camera in car searches, could drive his other motorists and causes a danger on the streets."

"However, drive safe speaker Karen Delaney, that camera cars were not there to spy on unsuspecting motorists, but as a deterrent in high-risk areas has."The intelligent enforcement vehicles are painted full police and working in areas where our data analysis, a high occurrence of ' driver distraction ' collisions has identified and officers regularly saw offences committed ", told the daily mail."

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Security camera staff cutting "Risk" for London

Staff reductions in unit problems noticed for motorists caught traffic rules break on fears the increase of legal infringements camera in London have called on the streets of the capital.

It is reported that 45 employees of the London safety camera partnership which manages Group, more than 900 cameras across London are moved, transport for London (TfL) reduced, the financing of 2.8 million £.

In recent years the partnership more than 300,000 notices of intended prosecution issued each year to caught drivers speeding or red light cameras.

It was suggested that the reduction of employees next year could lead a less than third of that number, issued.

Green London Assembly Member Jenny Jones said it may have a return to the "bad old days" on London streets and criticized London Mayor Boris Johnson undermines the work over the last decade to halve the number of fatal and serious injuries on London streets.

"London's streets are not the top gear Rennstrecke.Des of London Mayor laissez faire attitude towards the road safety that damage to walking and cycling in London to shift," she added.

TfL spokesperson explained that a "lack of representation" of the Department of transport had led to you "as efficiently and effectively as possible to ensure through the partnership's work remains" to search.

"The partnership plays on a crucial role in cutting death and injury on London streets and we wrote the met, the Government push to the transport Secretary, continue to support," they added.

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Speed camera roadworks haul revealed

Generates a temporary speed camera in London almost ?1 million in fines over five months it has been revealed.

The camera in Hanworth, South West London, caught 16,213 driver between June and November last Jahres.Mit everyone draws a ?60 penalty offence is it intended that total ?972, 780 in fines as a result would have been issued.

The camera was a temporary 30 mph limit on a 50 mph range are subject to improvements and repairs, to the bustling A316 country road, which connects Central London the M3 force.

The figures were published by the Metropolitan Police after a freedom of information request.

The Sun reports that other sites where temporary cameras large numbers of speed up driver caught the M1 at the Mill Hill, London (?616, 000 in fines issued), the a2 in Cobham, Kent (?397, 000) and the A40 at Denham, West contain London (?374, 000).

Chris Rogers, the Kent and Medway safety camera partnership, said that the level of obedience to speed limits in roadworks was much lower than elsewhere, and that the attitude of some of the drivers it shock still.

"Drivers are at risk in road works, where the streets narrower may change the layout and there is no emergency lanes for broken down vehicles," he said, quoted in the Telegraph.

"Just because it it does not mean not Roadworkers which may be present, compromising the Motorsport public by the unexpected."

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