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DfT 0506 Handbook for National Safety Camera Scheme
The vast majority of speed and red-light cameras used on the roads are operated by safety camera partnerships. Most police and local authorities have now joined the national programme. The rules and guidance contained in this handbook apply only to those camera sites operated by these partnerships.
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DfT Jun 04 National Safety Camera Scheme Evaluation
Speed and red-light enforcement cameras (referred to collectively as ‘safety cameras’) were first deployed in the early 1990s. A large number of research studies, conducted both in the UK and abroad, have demonstrated that cameras were an effective means of reducing speeding and red-light running.
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HA TASCAR Specification
TEMPORARY AUTOMATIC SPEED CAMERA SYSTEM FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF MANDATORY SPEED LIMITS AT ROADWORKS (TASCAR)
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PACTS 10 Criticisms of Speed Cameras & why they are flawed
This research briefing reviews 10 of these criticisms of cameras and examines the research evidence surrounding them. The results reveal that that many of the criticisms are either unfounded or seriously flawed and do not accurately represent the majority of research evidence.
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PACTS Community Road Safety Briefing
This briefing paper outlines the relationship of community policing to roads policing and argues that issues of road safety must not be overlooked in the process of community engagement.
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PACTS Speed Cameras and Driver Disqualification
Concern has been raised by both supporters and opponents of speed cameras that the exponential growth in speeding offences detected will lead to a large increase in the number of people disqualified from driving.
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Speed Changes at a Safety Camera Site A1 report V1.3
There has been considerable anecdotal evidence that the speed reductions associated with the cameras have been maintained over a very short distance, possibly as little as 150 metres. This report examines the effective range of a safety camera enforcing the southbound lane of the A1 at Elekesley in Nottinghamshire.
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TEC Keenan updated report on Speed Cameras
The installation of speed cameras should be carefully planned if they are to improve accident rates and that a fixed, isolated and visible spot-speed camera can have a negative effect on the speed and accident profiles along an enforced link.
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