3 h. ago Speed limit call at danger stretch of Stirling road labelled "life

The issues with accidents on the stretch of the A84 near Blairdrummond were raised as a rethink on speed limits on Scotland's roads was blasted by an MSP.

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54 h. ago Increased speed limit for lorries on A75 and A77 will improve safety, says transport group

Transport leaders believe the move will reduce the number of dangerous overtaking moves.

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60 h. ago Horrifying moment driver raced at double speed limit before killing 'beloved' dad

Robert Nagoda was driving a Honda Jazz at speeds of between 56mph and 70mph in a 30mph zone when he collided with Darrell Dalton, 68, who died of his injuries

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3 d. ago UK motorway speed camera glitch sees thousands wrongly penalised as refunds confirmed

National Highways discovered 2,650 erroneous speed camera triggers since 2021 caused by timing lag between cameras and variable speed limit signs on English motorways

Economics

3 d. ago Speed camera fault means thousands of drivers across UK wrongly fined as apology issued

A 'technical issue' means that thousands of drivers will be reimbursed and have points removed as speed cameras were wrongly detecting speeding after the speed limit had increased

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3 d. ago Speed camera error sees thousands of drivers fined incorrectly since 2021

Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after a “technical issue” saw some speed cameras triggered incorrectly.National Highways has apologised for the error which, it said, meant a “very small number” of drivers had been fined incorrectly since 2021.It is understood a software update created a problem with variable speed cameras on some A roads and motorways that led to drivers being incorrectly detected as speeding after the speed limit had increased.National Highways chief executive Nick Harris said: “Safety is our number one priority and we have developed a fix for this technical anomaly to maintain the highest levels of safety on these roads and make sure no one is wrongly prosecuted.”The agency said it had identified around 2,650 incorrect camera activations since 2021, less than two per day.Not all of those will have resulted in fines as camera activations are not always enforced, and the total amounts to less than 0.1% of the 6 million activations in the same period.T...

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4 d. ago SNP ministers ditch plan to cut single carriageway speed limit to 50mph

The Tories called the idea ‘ridiculous’ and ‘senseless’

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4 d. ago Plan to reduce speed limit on Scots roads to 50 mph dropped by SNP Government following public backlash

Nine out of 10 responses to a public consultation disagreed with the claim a reduced speed limit would address the number of casualties on roads.

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7 d. ago Can you guess how many motorists were caught braking the speed limit in the last year?

A new report has revealed the scale of the nation's limit breaking, as well as the volume of motorists snared travelling at extreme speeds.

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8 d. ago Can you guess how many motorists broke the speed limit last year?

Motorists caught at over 100mph will likely receive an instant ban. Yet thousands have been snatched by police travelling well beyond this extortionate speed.

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2 w. ago Freddy Brazier hits back at pregnant girlfriend after she publicly accused him of engaging in drug

Holly, 22, spoke out about life with Freddy this weekend - labelling it 'a nightmare' and saying she now wants to focus on raising her unborn child alone.

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3 w. ago Driver who killed student and her dog while going more than double to speed limit is jailed for five years

Lucy Atkins died after being struck by a car on West Boulevard in Quinton on 24 June last year. The family's Lakeland Terrier, Simba, was also killed in the collision.

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4 w. ago The full list of 20mph roads set to change to 30mph in Welsh county

Some 20 different roads are in line to change from a speed limit of 20mph to 30mph

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