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How do average speed cameras work, and does changing lane help avoid speeding fines?

Published 03 May 2018
By Will Dron
You may not like them, but average speed cameras save lives, according to research. Here's what you need to know about SPECS systems.
Speed camera warning as 1m drivers caught

Speed camera warning as 1m drivers caught

Almost one million motorists were caught speeding last year amid warnings of a surge in the number of digital speed cameras being deployed on the
Published 16 December 2016
More average speed cameras to cut air pollution deaths

More average speed cameras to cut air pollution

Average speed cameras should be used on A-roads and motorways to reduce air pollution, according to the government’s health advisers.
Published 08 December 2016
Meet the new bullet-proof ‘Robocop’ mobile speed camera

Meet the new bulletproof ‘Robocop’ mobile speed...

With bulletproof armour plating, a five-day battery pack and a wireless link to the cloud, it’s been called the Robocop of speed cameras ...
Published 10 August 2016
Reader Letters: HGV tailgating, average speed cameras and healthy cyclists

Reader Letters: HGV tailgating, average speed cameras...

"The authorities should recognise the danger caused by being tailgated by HGVs (often continental lorries) when motorists are trying to keep to the...
Published 03 May 2016
1963 Panhard PL 17 Tigre

Reader Letters: speed cameras and upstart Minis

Dom Joly isn’t far from reality when he suggests Le Tigre or Sexy Lady as car monikers in his review of the Jaguar XF S
Published 18 April 2016
Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and privacy concerns

Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and...

Drive west out of London on the A40 at the end of a long hard day, and as the sun sets you may struggle to discern the small speed cameras above the...
Published 07 April 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

New road markings mean slow down for average-speed...

You know average-speed cameras are here to stay when they get their own special road markings
Published 24 August 2015