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London gets first urban ‘average speed’ cameras
David Williams, Motoring Editor David Williams, Motoring Editor London Evening Standard.
18.01.10

Speeding motorists who slow down for cameras face a new threat as Britain's first urban average speed traps are switched on in the capital.
Eighty-four new cameras are being placed on the A13 to the east of London in a bid to reduce the high accident rate on the commuter route.
They check speeds at 37 locations along a seven-and-a-half-mile stretch of the road.
Any motorists who let their speed creep above the limit between Canning Town and the Goresbrook Interchange could face a £60 fine and three points on their licence.
Unlike Gatso cameras, the network of devices monitors vehicles across the area, capturing individual motorists' average speed.
It is the first time that average speed cameras — traditionally used on sections of motorway — will enforce the limit on a road with multiple entrance and exit points, in an urban setting.

Ben Plowden, director of integrated programmes at Transport for London, which runs the project, said: “Traditional safety cameras are very effective at reducing the numbers of people killed or seriously injured on London's roads.
"However, roads such as this 12km stretch of the A13, which has a high level of speed-related collisions, have huge potential to benefit from the new average speed camera systems.”

TfL hopes the new cameras will also reduce collision-related congestion and smooth traffic flow.
The cameras, made by Worcestershire firm RedFusion, are undergoing a trial, but will go live — issuing fines — from early summer.
The speed limit on the section of the A13 to the east of the Canning Town flyover and the Goresbrook interchange will rise from 40mph to 50mph once the new system begins enforcing in the summer.
The limit across the Lodge Avenue and Canning Town flyovers will stay as it is for safety reasons.

A spokesman for the AA said that motorists would initially feel that the scheme was a “bit like Big Brother”, but added: “It is good to give this kind of technology a go to see what we can learn from it, especially if there are safety gains.”
On the affected part of the A13, nearly 500 collisions, including three fatal and 34 serious accidents, were recorded between 2006 and 2008.

Please:
The other side-effects of the cameras will be a massive increase in fines (always supposing that some motorists do not slow down) and not only from speeding.....no tax/no mot/no insurance/light/s not working/etc
But....there will also be a massive increase in the amount of information available.
Quite possibly there will be a decrease in traffic quantity....

...Ben Plowden, director of integrated programmes at Transport for London, which runs the project, said: “Traditional safety cameras are very effective at reducing the numbers of people killed or seriously injured on London's roads.

"However, roads such as this 12km stretch of the A13, which has a high level of speed-related collisions, have huge potential to benefit from the new average speed camera systems.”.

I have not read that they plan to develop these zones into possible p/mile zones.
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