Roads in the United Kingdom - List of Motorways in the United Kingdom, Road Speed Limit Enforcement in the United Kingdom (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: List of motorways in the United Kingdom, Road speed limit enforcement in the United Kingdom, Road speed limits in the United Kingdom, Road protest in the United Kingdom, Great Britain road numbering scheme, Local Government Act 1888, Turnpike trust, List of road protests in the UK and Ireland, Metropolitan Turnpike Trust, Road Traffic Act 1930, Highways Act 1980, Special road, Single carriageway, Road Traffic Act 1934, Clearway, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Highway authority, Roads for Prosperity, Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd, Kingsway, Shadow toll, List of roads zones in Great Britain, Lists of roads in the United Kingdom, Green Laning, A250 road, Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, Roads Act 1920, A1067 road, Pavage, Pontage, Link road, A575 road, A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England, B4362, Special Roads Act 1949, A New Deal for Transport: Better for everyone, Side Roads Order. Excerpt: Road speed limit enforcement in the United Kingdom is the action taken by appropriately empowered authorities to attempt to persuade road vehicle users to comply with the speed limits in force on the UK's roads. Methods used include those for detection and prosecution of contraventions such as roadside fixed speed cameras, average speed cameras, and police operated LIDAR speed guns or older radar speed guns. Vehicle activated signs and Community Speed Watch schemes are used to encourage compliance. Some classes of vehicles are fitted with speed limiters and intelligent speed adaptation is being trialed in some places on a voluntary basis. During 2006/7 a total of 1.75 million drivers had 3 points put on their licenses and 114 million was raised from fines and an 'e-petition' to ban speed cameras during 2007 received 28,000 signature. The Department for Transport estimated that cameras had led to a 22% reduction in...