Petition Impose legal standards on speed camera deployment

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The DfT issued guidelines in circular DfT 01/2007 regarding the deployment of safety cameras. These guidelines are fair and concise.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070205102153/http:/www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/cameras/pdfdftcirc0107?version=2

Safety partnerships adopt these guidelines as best practice, however they caveat this by stipulating that they are not legally bound to deploy cameras in accordance with these guidelines.

Increasingly, partnerships are moving away from these guidelines.

The effect of this is twofold.

1. Concealed camera deployments offer zero deterrent to speeding and as such make no immediate contribution to road safety.

2. Concealed cameras proliferate the perception of their use as a method of stealth taxation, undermining of the objectives behind safety cameras.

This petition calls for the guidelines regarding deployment of safety cameras as described in DfT circular 01/2007 to be made a legal requirement.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

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Date closed 30 March 2015
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