Government announces aims to improve camera transparency

Date: 30/12/2010

Planned new rules focussing on the publication of speed camera data are hoped to improve the transparency of such information for the public, it has been revealed.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced this week that local authorities and the police will have to begin publishing full information about the cameras by April 2011.

Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has explained that the government wants data about speed cameras to be more easily available to members of the public, with the figures released set to relate to accident rates, vehicle speeds and the number of prosecutions or offers of training brought about by evidence recorded by the technology.

"The proposals I have announced today will help show what impact cameras are having on accident and casualty rates and also how the police are dealing with offenders," he explained.

Mr Penning added that the proposals were in line with the government's wider commitment to improving the transparency of its data.

Elsewhere, fleet tracking expert Tracker is advising that drivers carefully plan any trips they make for new year celebrations to ensure they do not have to rush or risk getting caught up in traffic.

Posted by Mary Treen