Camera-based enforcement of driving offences trialled - RAC reaction

Reaction from the RAC to the news that at a trial of camera-based technology to catch drivers acting illegally. 

RAC road safety spokesperson Simon Williams said: “We’re extremely pleased to see this technology finally being used having called for it to be trialled for four years. The police can’t be everywhere all of the time so it makes sense that forces look at how technology can be used to help them catch drivers acting dangerously and illegally. 

“These are shocking figures and, if they were applied to all roads across the country, suggest there remains a huge problem when it comes to drivers either not buckling up or using mobile phones illegally.

“Drivers are widely supportive of tougher enforcement of the law around handheld mobile phone use, with nearly half of these (47%) saying that camera technology like this is the best way of doing so.”