A Uk based blog covering up to date news and opinions on the UK driving scene. Covering road safety, technology, traffic enforcement and the economic and environmental affects of driving.

• Chess Sets, chess boards & chess books
  Fri, 31st Oct 2008 08:43 EDT
  
  I have been in the market for a good chess set recently. It seems that unlike many other products there are not many household brand names that one can rely...
• Lothian & Borders speed camera poll update
  Sat, 26th Jul 2008 11:27 EDT
  
  To update you all on an earlier post about the speed camera poll on the Lothian and Borders safety camera partnership website we can confirm that the no vote came...
• Gordon sticks a small plaster on the gaping wound of fuel prices
  Wed, 16th Jul 2008 18:36 EDT
  
  Today it was announced that the government will be scrapping their October rise in fuel duty. Already delayed from March this has come as a welcome concession from the government...
• Swindon Council give speed cameras the boot
  Tue, 15th Jul 2008 17:19 EDT
  
  North Somerset Council the local authority who govern the town of Swindon have decided to pull their funding out of the local safety camera partnership. At present they contribute £400,000...
• Huge road tax hikes to go ahead
  Tue, 15th Jul 2008 11:07 EDT
  
  At a time when the government are at their lowest ebb, the economy is on it’s knees, inflation is up and consumers are feeling the most financial pain in over...
• Drive blogger joins social spark
  Wed, 9th Jul 2008 08:45 EDT
  
• Tyre tread depth camera the future of enforcement?
  Tue, 8th Jul 2008 20:05 EDT
  
  A German company by the name of Pro Contour have won a design award for their laser triangulating system that can read the tread depth of a tyre on a...
• Lothian & Borders poll another resounding NO vote
  Tue, 8th Jul 2008 19:07 EDT
  
  Lothian and Borders safety camera partnership have followed their Yorkshire colleagues in an attempt to poll viewers of their web site on the effectiveness of speed cameras. In fact, we...
• Lancashire speed camera operative sacked
  Thu, 3rd Jul 2008 18:12 EDT
  
  A civilian speed camera operative who was working for Lancashire constabulary has been sacked for failing to operate speed cameras in accordance with their instructions. He then lied on court...
• Speed camera poll scrapped due to ‘wrong result’
  Wed, 2nd Jul 2008 16:58 EDT
  
  The Yorkshire safety camera partnership, or casualty reduction partnership, as they like to be called, have pulled a poll off of their website because most of the votes on the...

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