Signalling safer driving: David Crawford is encouraged by the spread of soft speed policing

摘要

The UK is the latest European country to introduce 'soft' speed enforcement techniques, using existing traffic signal arrays that have been equipped to detect that an approaching vehicle is exceeding the speed limit and stop it in its tracks. The aim is to deter violations by offering drivers an incentive to behave rather than relaying on the fear of a penalty, with pilots currently under way in London and Swindon (an area in south-west England).