Foxy’s Blog

Activists in Winnipeg, Canada have hounded city officials about problems with the photo radar program. The group WiseUpWinnipeg caught the city using improper warning signs, hiding information from freedom of information requests and exploiting short yellow timing at intersections. The group’s leader, Larry Stefanuik, believed it was time to “amp it up” after his findings have been ignored.

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It is now proved that speed cameras do not increase road safety. However, Kevin Richardson found perhaps a solution that will at least enjoy the drivers: the speed camera lottery.

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Finland has new speed cameras able to check out essential information such as insurance, taxes, seat belt usage and tailgating in a jiffy.

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Speed cameras can cause erratic driving by motorists, according to a survey. As many as 81% of drivers said they looked at their speedometers rather than the road when a camera came into view, the poll by insurance company LV= revealed.

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Thousands of speed cameras could be switched off after the Government slashed cash for road safety by 40%.

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Arizona has turned off every speed camera on its highways after complaints that they violated privacy and were designed to generate revenue rather than promote road safety.

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The TaxPayers’ Alliance and Drivers’ Alliance last week calculated that UK speed cameras issued £87,368,227 (US $131,256,380) worth of tickets in fiscal 2009 without any demonstrable safety benefit. Since speed cameras were first installed on British roads in 1991, the roads became more dangerous than they would have been without photo enforcement, according to the report.

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A young Tennessee computer network designer now has a high-profile outlet to complain about speed cameras: He bought the expiring website name of the Bluff City Police Department that gave him a $90 ticket, the Bristol Herald Courier reports.

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PHOENIX — Arizona is ending a groundbreaking and contentious program that put speed cameras along Phoenix-area freeways and in vans deployed across the state.

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High-tech speed cameras which use satellites to track motorists on secret trial in Britain. Speed cameras which communicate with each other by satellite are being secretly tested on British roads.

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