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Road Safety Bill [HL]

In due course. We must be specific about the nature of the equipment. We are not at that stage on the detail yet. We are establishing the general principles of a Bill with which we promote safety and good conduct on our roads. All that I was saying is that the GPS system—I used it as an illustration—was communicating helpful information to the driver to ensure that he learnt early what we all learn with sudden effect when we see the clearly marked cameras with their great yellow boxes and the indication of the limits that they would impose by camera devices. The amendment tabled by the noble Earl, Lord   Attlee, would increase the intensity with which we are committed to deal with jamming. I have insisted that the clause already adequately deals with jamming. I was going on to say that the devices that would become illegal were those that tell the driver where mobile enforcement devices—or speed enforcement devices; they need not be cameras, but frequently they   are, as they are the best form of evidence of an offence— are being used by the police to catch and deal with motorists who break the law on speeding. Now I might arrive at Amendment No. 76, which is the last one—no, I am not going to reach Amendment No. 76 ever today.

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Reference

673 c459-60 

Session

2005-06

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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