free hit counter
Don't believe the hype!
  Pick a topic:

1. "The Government are making a fortune out of the decent motorist“

2. “My mate got done for doing 32mph in a 30”

3. “Cameras cause crashes”

4. “Cameras are dangerous: when I drive I now have to be on the lookout for speed cameras, so I'm concentrating less on the road”

5. “Cameras are absolutely everywhere”

6. “All we hear is cameras, cameras, cameras; nobody does anything about all the other hazards out there”

“All we hear is cameras, cameras, cameras; nobody does anything about all the other hazards out there”

In a recent report that looked at the Safety Camera project over the first three years, on average £54m1 was spent each year on the programme, which included camera equipment, engineering and education.

Each year, Local Government spend about £2.15bn2 on road safety and road structure improvements, which include traffic-calming measures. In the scheme of things the Safety Camera Programme accounts for a very small percentage of all the work being done by Local Authorities, the Police, the NHS and all the other road safety organisations in the UK.

1. The national safety camera programme: Three-year evaluation report
2. UK Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions

In 2002 the Department of Transport gave the seven Local Authorities in the West Midlands region the go ahead to join up with the Magistrates Court, Highways Agency and West Midlands Police to form the Casualty Reduction Partnership. Whether you use speed camera detector equipment or have logged on to find out speed camera locations, you should know excessive speed contributes to thousands of injuries on our roads each year.
Birmingham City Council Coventry City Council Dudley Council Her Majestys Courts Service Highways Agency Sandwell council Solihull Council Walsall Council West Midlands Police Wolverhampton City Council