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  Inventor threatened with jail for inflatable speed camera 22 Jun 2018 (News)
  A former Big Brother producer who invented an inflatable speed camera in a bid to slow down motorists has been warned that he could face seven years in jail if it causes a crash. Shed Simove planned to sell the fake speed cameras - named the Fakeso
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  British drivers 'may benefit' from speed camera locators 3 Sep 2008 (News)
  British drivers with a need for speed may benefit from satnav technology that comes with a speed camera locator, according to the chief executive of RoadPilot. A recent survey carried out by the group found 71 per cent of motorists admit to speeding on more than one-quarter of all
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  GPS CAMERA LOCATORS PROHIBITED IN SOME EU COUNTRIES 28 Jul 2008 (News)
  The IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) is this month warning motorists to dismantle or remove their speed camera detectors when driving abroad to avoid serious penalties. In some countries, in-car GPS systems that show where speed cameras are located are also banned. A survey
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  Review: Garmin Nuvicam LMT-D 24 Jul 2015 (News)
  What is it? It’s a large, clear, feature-packed sat nav system with a built in dash camera. That’s a clever combo, really – dash cameras are becoming more and more popular, so combining one with another essential in-car gadget makes sense, plus it means the dash camera
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  Plans to ban Speed Camera spotters 7 Jul 2004 (News)
  The Department for Transport (DfT) has said it would like to see the use of in-car Radar Detectors (speed camera spotters) banned in the UK. Scott Marshbank, from Department for Transport has said they are working with the Police to find ways to make speed camera spotters illegal
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  Advent Calendar Competition Day Six Prize - Mio MiVue C330 6 Dec 2017 (News)
  day six advent calendar competition prize is a Mio MiVue C330 -your personal eyewitness on the road, with integrated GPS and lifetime safety camera alerts. Full HD 1080 pixel camera records your journey, functioning as your personal eyewitness on the road. For more information on this and other
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  Motorist caught speeding at 149mph on M25 2 Jun 2014 (News)
  A motorist was caught on speed camera travelling at 149mph on the M25 – the highest speed recorded by a speed camera between April 2013 and May 2014. The driver was caught in Kent and was banned from driving for six months and was fined £600. It isn’t
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  Roadpilot mobile launches on iPhone 13 Jul 2011 (News)
  Motorists with iPhones keen to stay on the right side of the law will be able to download RoadPilot Mobile – an innovative GPS speed camera locator application – from today via the Apple App Store. Compatible with iPhone3, 3GS and 4 models, the application provides audio
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  New motorway cameras handing out £100 fines for this offence 12 Jun 2019 (News)
  and ignoring it could result in a serious incident. While police officers have previously been able to hand out fines to drivers they’ve caught using a closed lane, this is the first time cameras have been made live to catch culprits. The signs could be displayed for several reasons
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  Greater Manchester Police requests dash cam footage of terror attack 23 May 2017 (News)
  Police investigating the terror attack in Manchester have called for any drivers who have dash camera footage from the city centre recorded between 8pm and 11pm on 22 May to send it in “as a matter of urgency”. At 10.30pm a lone attacker detonated a home-made
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  City drivers issued more than one million penalty notices every year for driving in bus lanes 3 Apr 2018 (News)
  the vast majority are knowingly breaking the rules." Simon Williams RAC Interestingly, the data suggests there is no direct correlation between the number of bus lane enforcement cameras in operation and the number of penalties issued. For example, Bristol is reported
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  Motorist banned after driving with no hands 6 Jan 2014 (News)
  A Whitby man has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was filmed driving with no hands. Richard Newton was filmed as he drove past a police safety camera van on 9 August 2013 with both hands on his head and continued along the road for around 25 seconds driving
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  Speeding Ticket 'Fines' Rise to £500 Plus 11 Feb 2003 (News)
  The massive proliferation of speed cameras planned thoroughout the UK mean that not only will almost every driver in the country be forced to pay a £60 fine, they will go on paying for a further five years. The reason is that insurers which used to turn a blind eye to a single
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  New, legal live radar trap detector/locator 27 Aug 2009 (News)
  Performance Products has launched the Snooper 3ZERO, a revolutionary new combination radar detector with GPS technology. The first of its kind, this new device will locate fixed speed cameras using GPS technology and the renowned AURA database. The unit will also detect the radar
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  Average speed checks double in three years 31 May 2016 (News)
  , and although 50 sites seems a relatively low number, 12 of those were installed in 2015 alone. There are now exactly 256 miles of road governed by permanently placed average speed cameras – so not including temporary stretches, such as those currently on sections of the A1(M) undergoing widening
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  Drivers caught racing at 144mph avoid jail terms 29 Jan 2014 (News)
  Two drivers have  been given suspended jail terms  after a police camera caught them speeding at 144mph on the A19 in North Yorkshire. Daniel Scott Richardson, 21, from Batley and James Burrows, 26, of Methley, Leeds, were given
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  Motorist banned after driving with no hands 3 Jan 2014 (News)
  A Whitby man has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was filmed driving with no hands in his classic Volkswagen Golf Mk2. Richard Newton was filmed as he drove past a police safety camera van on 9 August 2013 with both hands on his head and continued along
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  Mitsubishi launches Lancer 1.5 Juro 26 Jan 2011 (News)
  Mitsubishi has launched a special edition of the Lancer - the 1.5 Juro. The special edition model is based on the current Lancer 1.5 GS2 but adds black leather upholstery and a Kenwood integrated satellite navigation system which also includes a reversing camera as standard. It's priced
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  Gadget 'can help motorists keep their licence point-free' 17 Oct 2008 (News)
  Motorists who like nothing better than cheap deals may be interested to hear RoadPilot has reduced the price of its speed camera locator in time for Christmas. A drop of 30 per cent means drivers can now pick up
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  Speeding no longer an insurance penalty 29 Mar 2007 (News)
  cameras coupled with the authorities determination to prosecute even minor speeding infractions has produced a situation where some insurers are deciding that a speeding conviction no longer has any bearing on assessing whether a driver is a bad risk. Although this may appear to be good news