Will Tories Live Up To Speed Camera Pledge?
UK looks to new government for promised action on fixed cameras
"We will stop central funding for new fixed speed cameras and focus on better ways to make our roads safe, including authorising 'drugalyser' testing technology.
"Road users have had a raw deal under Labour, so we will:
- Crack down on road works, introducing lane rental for some of our busiest roads
- Give more powers to local councils to get traffic moving
- Crack down on rogue clampers
- Introduce a lorry road user charge, so foreign lorries pay their fair share of tax
- Consult on our Fair Fuel Stabiliser
- Facilitate the switch to green cars by creating a national car recharging network.
"We will free local transport funding from the requirement to introduce congestion charging and create a Transport Carbon Reduction Fund to support green projects such as initiatives to encourage walking, cycling and bus use or measures to help reduce the need for work-related travel - supported by our roll-out of fast broadband... etc. etc."
Outlined above are the pledges the Conservatives made to voters before the election, and which anyone can read today on the party's policy website.
So will be the new Tory-led government live up to its promise to stop spending our taxes on new speed camera schemes? We'll all be watching with interest, particularly as Conservative Phillip Hammond has been appointed Transport Secretary in the new Lib-Con cabinet.
In order to try and work out where we stand today, PistonHeads has asked the Highways Agency for a complete list of the Agency's involvement in existing Speed Camera projects that have yet to be completed and require further central funding, and another list of all planned and/or proposed Speed Camera sites, schemes or projects that will require central funding in order to go ahead.
Are we right to assume the Tory pledge sounds the death knell for schemes like the nefarious satellite tracking 'Speed Spike' system that's currently on trial? We'll let you know what they tell us...
Here is the news article from when they origionally pleged this... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...
I'm amazed at how goggle-eyed everyone is as if this is euphoria, how the 'double C' is going to 'save us'!
This IS the honeymoon period.
Wait till they start emptying your pockets! Theirs, and their ilk will not be emptying theirs, they will be filling them.
Remember when Broon came in his poll rating soared (only because we were all so glad to see the back of the biggest (B)liar in history!
excellent although it will mean less efficiency when road manitenance roadworks are made
* Give more powers to local councils to get traffic moving
Right I think they allready have these powers they just don't use them because organising traffic flow requires insanely ocmplex models and expensive consultants
* Crack down on rogue clampers
ok but not a real problem to anyone who knows the law
* Introduce a lorry road user charge, so foreign lorries pay their fair share of tax
excellent
* Consult on our Fair Fuel Stabiliser
I.E. find out it will cost a lot of money and drop the plan
* Facilitate the switch to green cars by creating a national car recharging network.
Excellent but we allready have the network in place it's called the national grid. What we need are standards so you dont end up with a thousand sockets and voltages at each one.
All in all pretty much more of the same excepth the lorry usage (which doesn't pull in significant ammounts of money but does mean forigen truckers wouldn't have a bonus over english ones what's more it should be fairly easy to impliment at the ports just record them coming in and out and bill for the difference if the computer system they put in costs more than £2,000,000 someone needs to have a word with procurement)
As far as local authorities fixing traffic flow it would be an idea to create a central consultancy group with the skills required to make sure things happen because if it's left to the locals authority it will cost a fortune and cause problems later
Ideally the 60mph NSL would be reinstated on rural roads, especially those with average speed cameras on.
What does this mean?
Central funding? Decentralise the funding to councils, allow them to take the flak. Then cut other funding to local councils, thus forcing them to rely upon scamera revenue.
‘Consult’ is political speak for asking you before they ignore you.
Crack down on rogue clampers means charge them more for a licence.
What does this mean?
Encourage swift removal of illegally parked vehicles?
* Facilitate the switch to green cars by creating a national car recharging network.
Excellent but we allready have the network in place it's called the national grid. What we need are standards so you dont end up with a thousand sockets and voltages at each one.
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