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Half of speed cameras in the UK are broken

Published 18 January 2022
By David Mullen
Half of all speed cameras in the UK are broken according to figures obtained by the BBC’s Panorama team.
Inoperative smart motorway cameras mean motorists go unpunished for driving in closed lanes

Drivers in closed motorway lanes go unpunished

Motorists are escaping punishment for committing traffic offences on smart motorways due to a lack of working enforcement cameras.
Published 03 March 2021
Speed cameras used for revenue, watchdog finds

Speed cameras used for revenue, watchdog finds

A police watchdog has found that some speed cameras are being used as a means of making money rather than as a safety tool.
Published 16 July 2020
Driver caught speeding five times in a month avoids ban due to broken speedometer - gatso speed camera

Speeder avoids ban due to broken speedometer

A man caught speeding five times in a month has avoided points being added to his licence after claiming his speedometer was broken.
Published 03 January 2020
Revealed: the most and least frustrating places to drive in Britain

Revealed: the UK's most annoying spots for drivers

New research claims to have found the places in the UK that are most likely to get on the nerves of British motorists
Published 18 June 2019

Bring on long-range speed cameras, say motorists

The majority of motorists are in favour of the police adopting long-range speed cameras, a new survey has found. 
Published 01 March 2019
Jim Dyke, 32, said he'd had enough of drivers speeding through his home village of Clows Top, Worcester, that decided to take matters into his own hands. The carpenter took just three hours to construct his own fake speed camera .

Man builds fake speed camera, drivers slow down

Some drivers see speed cameras as a plague but one man was so desperate to slow down the cars passing his door that he erected his own fake Gatso
Published 17 May 2018
Road Angel Pure speed camera and laser detector review

Road Angel Pure speed camera detector review

Safety camera and radar detectors are often thought of as a way for speeders to flout the law and feel “safe” in doing so...
Published 25 April 2018
Timothy-Hill-laser-jammer

Jail for driver who used laser jammer

While not all drivers are fans of speed cameras, few would go to the lengths of one motorist, who used a laser jammer to escape speeding fines an
Published 24 April 2018
Anger at police chief Anthony Bangham’s plan to fine 1mph speeders

Anger at police chief's plan to fine 1mph speeders

A police chief has been called “public enemy No 1” by motorists incensed at proposals that they should be punished if they exceed the speed limit
Published 07 February 2018
Drivers handed penalty notice every 2.5 seconds

Drivers handed penalty notice every 2.5 seconds

Almost 12m drivers receive a penalty notice every year, the equivalent of one every 2.5 seconds, as the number of fixed cameras increases.
Published 22 November 2017

Reader Letters: Sat nav blues and diesel dues

"I was amused by Jeremy Clarkson describing the sat nav in the Honda NSX as 'a work of fiction'..."
Published 27 February 2017
Opinion: Speed camera rage — I’ve felt the primal desire for revenge

Opinion: Speed camera rage

Controversy abounds, apparently, in the tale of the 23-year-old have-a-go chancer Chris Welford, who recently tapped the frustrations of many...
Published 27 February 2017