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Average speed cameras could be used on all motorways
(25 January 2010)
Average speed cameras could be installed on all the country's motorways to cut carbon emissions under proposals drawn up by the Government's environmental advisers.'Intelligent' speed cameras in UK
(27 October 2009)
A new 'intelligent' speed camera will be rolled out on UK roads within the next 18 months.‘Intelligent’ Speed Cameras Coming Soon
(27 October 2009)
Soon there’ll be no escape from speed cameras. We’ve already got the dreaded SPECS cameras measuring our average speed, and now there’s a new ‘intelligent’ speed camera that could be rolled out onto the UK’s roads within the next 18 months.Firm Takes the Fast Lane to Success with Road Safety Tool
(08 October 2009)
A COUNTY Durham firm is looking to help make the nation’s roads safer after developing technology that prevents cars from breaking the speed limit.Green Light for Speed Limiters
(06 October 2009)
MOTORISTS could soon be told via their mobile phones that they are speeding thanks to a device created in County Durham.Green Light for Speed Limiters
(01 October 2009)
A County Durham firm is targeting motorists with technology that aims to make the nation’s roads safer.Calling Up Road Safety!
(01 October 2009)
A TEES Valley firm is targeting motorists with innovative mobile phone technology that aims to make the nation’s roads safer.Is this move the limit for drivers?
(17 July 2009)
A Government-appointed commission has suggested that speed limiters should be the next piece of technology to be fitted to vehicles to put the brakes on drivers. But, as John Maslen discovers, there are concerns...Lancashire's speed trial update
(01 July 2009)
WORK on Lancashire's speed trial is now well underway and it will be launched later this year.Speed-limiting device to be fitted to cars in pilot scheme
(16 June 2009)
Automatic speed-limiting devices will be fitted to cars under a pilot scheme unveiled yesterday as part of the Scottish Government's long-awaited road safety framework.Speed limit device tested on bus
(11 May 2009)
A London bus is taking to the streets equipped with technology which automatically keeps its speed to local limits.Speed limiters may be way ahead for drivers if M25 trial successful
(11 May 2009)
Thousands of taxis, buses and council vehicles could be fitted with devices that prevent them from exceeding the speed limit.The technology — known as Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) — is being tested by Transport for London in a trial starting this summer on all roads inside the M25.
West Lancashire to Trial GPS Safety Technology
(16 March 2009)
Lancashire County Council will be launching a project aimed at increasing road safety using early warnings form GPS systems.The council has received £849,000 of government funding to conduct the Intelligent Speed Adaptation experiment, which will see Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) boxes fitted into test cars.
Is speed the key to slashing emissions?
(06 January 2009)
Could intelligent speed adaptation, which limits how fast we can drive, help to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the nation’s cars? According to a recently issued joint report from the Commission for Integrated Transport and the Motorists’ Forum, fewer emissions could be one of the many benefits of adapting such a system.Calls for 'speed-limiting' cars
(30 December 2008)
Speed-limiting devices should be fitted to cars on a voluntary basis to help save lives and cut carbon emissions, according to a new report.Clampdown on excessive speeders
(20 November 2008)
Drivers caught breaking the speed limit by a significant margin twice could be automatically banned from the roads under new government proposals.Speed Really Does Kill
(10 October 2008)
Orwell himself never imagined anything quite as observant as the Specs 3 camera. It represents the probable future of British speed cameras, and by communicating thousands of times a second with identical machines arranged in networks across the national road system it will be able to measure motorists' average speeds, detours included, and fine them if they ever break the limit.Specs3 cameras set for summer introduction
(09 October 2008)
Jim Fitzpatrick, road safety minister: "The new cameras will give a more sophisticated edge to cameras than the blunt instrument we have at the moment"Drivers could have speed limited by satellite devices
(16 September 2008)
Drivers could have their speed controlled by satellite to stop them from breaking the limit following a Government trial of new technology.
