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UK Government transportpolicies seek to improve public transport to reduce traffic on the roads in theUK. Public transport in the UK has suffered under-investment from local and national government and extensive restructuring under privatisation. ‘Deputy PrimeMinister John Prescott announced speeded-up plans to charge motorists for usingheavily congested roads and parking spaces provided by their workplace’
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TheEvening Standard, 9 December 1998
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The Labour government introduced draconian measuresto try to curb speeding.
It is stillpossible that the ACPO guidelines will be scrapped completely and be replaced bya flat 5mph limit above posted speed limits
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The speed at which a vehicle is travelling has been highlighted as a major contributor to road accidents (
along with alcohol and drugs
) and government policy has sought to target speeding motorists. The Government has also introduced sophisticated market research to record and monitor the locations of accidents, identifying accident black spots.
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High technology solutions have enabled the Government to effectively
kill two birds with one stone
, in being able to locate speed cameras in accident black spots – the camera’s and signs are visual deterrents to slow speeding motorists. Originally, the speed cameras were only going to be put at accident black spots. ‘A year later, that was changed to ‘within 1 mile’ of the accident black spot.’
Chris Longhurst, The Speedtrap Bible, 23 March 2000.
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‘Excessive congestion is caused by gross andchronic under investment in our transport infrastructure for which …bureaucrats and politicians are responsible.’
The Association of British Drivers, 27 October 1999.
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