Roads: Speed Cameras Debate

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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

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Roads: Speed Cameras

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Tuesday 5th October 2010

(14 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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On the last point, will the educational process of speed awareness retraining courses that currently take place, and which in the main flow from possible convictions arising from people being caught by cameras, increase or decrease in future?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I did not quite catch the first part of the noble Lord’s question. The speed awareness courses are an important part of the educational process and are one tool that can be used to drive down the accident rate.