Scotland to Get 135 Miles of Average Speed Cameras
Date: Sunday, July 28 @ 16:14:28 UTC
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The Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced that average speed cameras will be placed along the A9 for a 135 mile stretch between Dunblane and Inverness.
The current safety issues are, by all accounts, caused by cars trying to pass trucks on the mostly single carriageway road and there are fears that the 40mph limit imposed on trucks, and to be enforced by these cameras, will cause more accidents as drivers try to get past the slower vehicles. There are, however, proposals to make the A9 a dual carriageway from Perth up to Inverness with a view to improving safety.
But, as we see all too often, speed cameras are seen as a 'quick fix' to poor road design and the first average speed cameras will be in place from early 2014 and the whole stretch should be fully operational from summer next year.
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