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StayOnTheRoad.com no longer offering policies
On the stayontheroad.com website there is the following announcement:
"From June 30th 2007, these policies are no longer available through Stay On The Road.com. This will not affect existing policy holders, who will remain fully covered until their current policy expires."
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Speed camera fine is flawed
Published: 28 Dec 2007
AN EXPERT physicist is fighting a speeding ticket in a court battle that could cost the authorities thousands. Read more
Hamilton gets driving ban
Published: 19 Dec 2007
Lewis Hamilton has been banned from driving for a month after being clocked at 122mph in an 85mph limit on a French motorway. Read more
Safe speed campaigner dies at 52
Published: 14 Dec 2007
Paul Smith, a respected campaigner against speed cameras and founder of safespeed. Read more
Top traffic cop gets driving ban
Published: 6 Dec 2007
Chief Constable for South Yorkshire, Meredydd Hughes, has been banned from driving for 42 days and fined £350. Read more
Banned chief constable says he’s sorry for doing 90mph in 60mph zone
Published: 6 Dec 2007
One of Britain’s most senior policemen was urged to resign yesterday after he
was banned from driving for six weeks and fined £300 for speeding.
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Police chief banned from driving
Published: 5 Dec 2007
• Top cop banned for 42 days
• Caught speeding at 90mph
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Fines from speed cameras have soared
Published: 4 Dec 2007
• Speeding offences trebled
• £115m a year in fines
• Camera policy criticism
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Seven days
Published: 11 Nov 2007
<b>Your fast track to a driving ban</b>
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VIDEO: High-speed camera reveals how exhaust is born
Published: 8 Nov 2007
Filed under: Videos
I can remember years ago when my dad sat me down for the talk. "Son," he said. "When a mommy loves a daddy very much, they, uh, well, they buy a car together. Yeah. And in that car is an engine full of pistons." And then he went on to explain how a valve lets in fuel, the piston compresses it, the spark plug ignites the fuel and air mixture and another valve lets the exhaust escape.
Of course, I thought it was all a magical process only ever seen in the minds of engineers and physicists. But now, thanks to high-speed video we can actually witness the piston stroking up and down in the chamber, the fuel valve opening to release its fuel, and, in an unimaginably quick instant the spark that sets everything in motion. After the violent, hot climax, the piston retreats, another valve opens with an exhaust-scented sigh and the event repeats itself again and again.
For most the video is perfectly safe for work, but for those who have blood 92 octane or higher, it may be considered a little steamy.
[Source: LiveLeak via
Gizmodo]
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Soldiers face increase in cost of personal injury insurance
Published: 5 Nov 2007
Members of the Armed Forces are facing a steep rise in personal injury
insurance premiums because of the significant increase in combat casualties
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Public outrage leads to first fall in number of speed-camera fines
Published: 1 Nov 2007
The number of drivers caught by speed cameras has fallen for the first time,
according to government figures which reveal that widespread complaints
about excessive enforcement have finally forced a retreat by police and
local authorities.
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Tough new penalties for driving offences
Published: 24 Sep 2007
Drivers who fail to identify who was behind the wheel when a speeding offence is committed face a heavier penalty under law changes that come into force today. Read more
Speeding in 30mph zones falls
Published: 26 Jul 2007
• DfT statistics released
• 30mph speeders cut by 25%
• Motorway traffic up
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KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR
Published: 19 Jul 2007
SPEED cameras are set to come under attack this weekend when a Welsh "knight of the road" goes jousting for Gatsos, writes BRUCE BOOTH.
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Euro court rejects Brit speeders’ case
Published: 2 Jul 2007
Two British drivers who had taken their speeding cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg have lost. Read more
Drivers lose speed camera test case
Published: 29 Jun 2007
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No more running out of film, English speed cameras go digital
Published: 26 May 2007
Filed under: Etc., Euro, Government/Legal, Safety, Driving
The Gatso speed camera has been the bane of British drivers for the past couple of decades, but they at least had the hope that when they saw the flash the camera might be out of film. For those of you in the crowd who might not be old enough to drink legally," film" is this silver coated plastic strip that they used to put in cameras. It had to be processed in various chemicals to make images appear. Amazingly enough, the British speed cameras still use this antique technology, but not for much longer.
The Dutch company that builds the cameras for the British government has developed a digital imaging module to upgrade the cameras so that they will never run out of film again. The new units have 11-megapixel sensors and can monitor four lanes of traffic at once. They can also store thousands of images compared to the 200 for the film units. So now the traffic enforcers can ticket more people with less effort. We send our condolences to British drivers.
[Source: AutoExpress]
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Camera vans to catch braking speeders
Published: 17 May 2007
In June the UK law changes to allow speed cameras to be deployed randomly, and police forces aren’t going to miss this opportunity to make some more money. Read more
Less than half of speeders prosecuted
Published: 19 Apr 2007
A BBC radio programme will tonight reveal that more than half of speeding drivers caught by speed camera in London get away without any kind of prosecution at all. Read more
Drink driving ban for police officer
Published: 18 Apr 2007
A RESPECTED police officer has been banned from driving and now faces losing his job after he dangerously sped away from a pursuing patrol car following a pub drinking session.
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