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Monday, 16 August 2010

What happens when you switch off speed cameras

The number of drivers speeding at one location in Oxfordshire has nearly doubled since speed cameras were switched off there at the end of last month, according to Thames Valley’s Safer Roads Partnership.
Posted by freewheeler at 08:40
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