A500 speed cameras switched on
SPEED cameras targeting around 50,000 motorists a day on one of North Staffordshire's busiest roads have been switched on.
The Sentinel reported last week that cameras will be positioned on 10 bridges in the back of stationary police vans spanning a three-mile stretch of the A500 between Hanford and Etruria.
The crackdown started on Monday and will remain in force until drivers stick to the 50mph limit.
It comes as latest figures show 55 people were injured in 38 collisions on both D-road carriageways last year. That compared to just 18 crashes generating 20 casualties in the previous 12 months.
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Any motorists caught flouting the speed limit faces being handed a £60 fine and three penalty points.
Some will be offered the option of attending a speed awareness course.
Chief Inspector Steve Smytheman, from Staffordshire Police's Road Policing Team, said: "Our road safety operations are not only about enforcement.
"We want to educate drivers to promote responsible driving and reduce the number of serious injury or collisions."
Comments
by Still_Alive
Saturday, December 01 2012, 12:09AM
“I'm not sure about the training options instead of points. A recent attendee came away claiming that the national speed limit is 60mph and that the speed limit on the unrestricted sections of the A500 is also 60mph. However he is a selfrightious, know it all, French man. The a500 is a duel carridgeway and therefore 70mph on the unrestricted sections.”
by britpark
Friday, September 14 2012, 1:20PM
“A van was there this morning on the grass at the side on the North bound A500 just after the Cliffe Vale exit. No signs that I saw, but there again, I wasn't bothered as I was observing the speed limit as you all should.”
by bucephalus
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 10:24PM
“when the budget's in place.. SPECS, 60mph for the urban bit. I think that would suit the stretch of road well”
by DJofTNE
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 12:31PM
“No signs, no fines, no vans ! Get in.”
by johnwhite18
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 6:10AM
“They don't pick up drivers reading maps or paper
Work poor and bad drives inc them on the phone of course”
by camband
Monday, September 10 2012, 8:00PM
“Anyone who has ever been stuck for hours on the A500 when a serious accident has occurred -especially with a fatality .... might consider any measure to reduce such long waits worthwhile -if only for selfish reasons.
And..... it's not only the drivers stuck for hours on the A500 in such circumstances I describe above -every other motorist/bus passenger also gets caught up in it to some extent or other, because, as we know, when the A500 is closed -the whole local network seizes up. No escape.”
by stokeandvale
Sunday, September 09 2012, 12:51PM
“Just stick to the Speed Limit (simples)....”
by kiwitoot
Sunday, September 09 2012, 12:45PM
“i clearly do not understand the a500 why is most of it a 50mph road but then when you hit towards the motorway junction 15 it suddenly goes to a national speed limit for around half a mile complete and utterly pointless in my eyes clearly this country has no idea on what its doing!”
by mommanoesbest
Sunday, September 09 2012, 9:10AM
“If you travel on the A500 towards the M6 south, this section of road is 50mph then changes to the national speed limit for a stretch of about 500 yards. Why not lower this section to 50mph so we have consistency, this way it'll remove individual's natural instinct to start to increase speed on the approach. Personally, I don't see the problem with a 50mph limit for the whole length of the A500, as if speed was steady, we wouldn't have the stop, start, stop, start issue which causes many accidents on this road.”
by 7buster
Sunday, September 09 2012, 7:59AM
“Will any of these cameras catch dangerous drivers or are they only after the small minority of drivers that cause accidents and deaths?
It just shows that raising money is more important than peoples lives.”