Safe Speed issued the following PR at 07:55am today:
PR192 Safe Speed views vindicated as Department for Transport orders speed camera side effect research
NEWS: For immediate release
The Department for Transport (DfT) has recently issued an invitation to tender for research into speed camera side effects. Safe Speed has been
highlighting dangerous side effects from speed cameras and 'speed kills' road safety policy for years.
Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign (
www.safespeed.org.uk) said: "It's good to see a move towards proper understanding of the issues surrounding speed cameras, but this is far too little and far too late. The research was required BEFORE the large scale introduction of speed cameras. Not only that but we shouldn't expect to see the results of this urgent research until 2008."
Paul continues: "Are we going to allow roads safety policy to focus on the wrong issues and totally miss the target for another three years while the DfT are still wedded to their speed camera dreams? It's time for a divorce, and although it may be painful, the DfT must face up to the fact that speed cameras don't make the roads safer."
Paul continues: "I don't believe we'll be able to get road safety back on track until all speed cameras are in their rightful place - they should be in
the scrap yard.
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FULL TEXT OF RESEARCH INVITATION:
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MECHANISMS OF CHANGE IN ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE AND DRIVER BEHAVIOUR BROUGHT ABOUT BY SPEED CAMERAS
Quote Ref: GO 05051306/02.
Award procedure: Restricted.
Contract type: Service; Service Category 8.
Contracting authority: Department for Transport (DfT), PED Zone D/2, Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea TN37 7GA. Tel: 020 7944 8476. Fax: 020 7944 8440. Email:
raymond.lowry@dft.gsi.gov.uk Website:
www.dft.gov.uk (Ray Lowry).
Address from which further information can be obtained: Department for Transport, Road Safety Division, Zone 2/09, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street,
London SW1P 4DR.
Tel: 020 7944 2054. Fax: 020 7944 9618. Email:
paul.jackson@dft.gsi.gov.uk Website:
www.dft.gov.uk. (Dr Paul Jackson).
Type of contracting authority: Central level.
Object of the contract
Framework agreement: No.
Place of performance: London.
Safety consultancy services.
There is a need to establish the broader effects of speed cameras away from the specific camera sites, and in particular to investigate whether the use of speed cameras causes a migration of accidents to other locations. The research would investigate accidents and speeds at locations away from camera sites by direct observations and by assessing both exposure and changes in risk.
Research is also needed to demonstrate whether improvements in safety performance at speed camera sites arises from the presence of the cameras, or from their deployment at accident cluster locations where safety performance could be expected to improve without treatment: the "regression to mean effect".
CPV: 74141700-6
Division into lots: No.
Total quantity or scope: The contract is for an initial period of two years, with an option to extend for a further period of up to six months.
Duration of contract: Starting 15.9.2005 and/or ending 14.9.2007.
Legal, economic, financial, technical information
Financing and payment: Tenders are to be priced in Sterling and payment will only be made in Sterling.
Legal form of entity: The group will be required to nominate a lead partner with whom the Authority can contract, or form themselves into a single legal entity before the contract is awarded.
Qualifications: Any supplier may be disqualified who: Whether any of the circumstances described in Article 29 (a-g) of Directive 92/50/EEC (Regulations 14 of UK SI 1993 No.3228) including, but not limited to, environmental issues apply;
Two hard copies of any information must be forwarded with the application (unless the applicant has recently supplied the information) if the applicant is to be considered as a potential tenderer:
Applicants full name, business address and telephone number;
A key contact name (and status), telephone and fax number and email address;
Length of time trading;
VAT registration number (if applicable);
Any other information the applicant feels might be useful to those assessing their potential.
Technical capacity - means of proof required: Details of the principal services provided in the last three years in connection with the services or any other experience considered relevant.
Reserved to a specific profession: No.
Procedure
Number of suppliers that will be invited to tender: Minimum 5, maximum 20.
Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of criteria as stated in contract documents.
Administrative Information
Reference number: PPRO 4/001/0012.
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 22.6.2005 (16:00)
Send to: As in awarding authority.
Language(s): English.
Other Information
Non-mandatory notice: No.
EU financing: No.
Covered by the GPA: Yes.
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The reason for the timing of the PR was to give a good crack at it for tomorrow's newspapers. The information was available too late (yesterday) for today's newspapers...
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