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News: Speed Camera Free Swindon Focuses on Accident Investigation

pocketgpsworld.comIt's now been almost four months since Swindon Council famously scrapped their fixed speed cameras. Swindon's five fixed cameras were decommissioned on July 31 due to funding issues.

The Swindon Advertiser has reported a Scrutiny Committee meeting where Swindon Council’s lead member for transport, Councillor Peter Greenhalgh, stated that on the roads where the speed cameras had been removed, "There has been no increase in accidents at those locations. Speed is an issue but there’s no evidence speeds have increased on those roads. We often get people saying speeds are too fast on a certain road then, when we do some analysis, we don’t get any evidence of that."

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Posted on Thursday, November 26 @ 12:52:26 UTC by Rob Brady

 
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