Thousands of drivers could have speeding fines cancelled after a fault saw some cameras falsely triggered on English motorways and A roads. And tens of thousands of drivers will have speed awareness courses cancelled as the government orders National Highways to look back at six years of speed camera data.
What about those who have already been on the course? Shouldn't they be compensated for their wasted time?
Affected drivers will be contacted by police and be reimbursed for any fines while points will be removed from their licences where needed.
Police forces are also thought to be discontinuing thousands of other prosecutions, regardless of whether they were affected by the issue.
Remember this when someone next tells you 'the State works for you, comrade!'
National Highways apologised for the error. "Safety is our number one priority," said chief executive Nick Harris.
Should have been accuracy instead.
National Highways, which runs England's motorways, blamed an "anomaly" in how variable speed cameras were interacting with signs on some A roads and motorways. It meant a delay of around 10 seconds between cameras and relevant variable speed signs, meaning some drivers were incorrectly identified as speeding after the limit had changed. So on a road where the speed limit increases, a driver may see a sign saying 60mph, but the camera recording it may still be working on the basis of a previous 40mph speed limit.
Government IT folks...
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