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BBC News
04-08-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Councillor calls speeding fines to be waived in Wokingham
A councillor is asking for speeding fines to be waived as limits have been reduced along major roads in the Councillor Geoff Harper asked Wokingham Borough Council whether any speeding fines could be rescinded, arguing that there was a lack of communication with limits have changed from 40mph to 30mph along five stretches of road in as procedures for speed limit changes have been followed correctly, the request has been rebuffed, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The changes were initiated on Monday 30 June using a traffic regulation longest of these five stretches is the A329 Reading Road, running from Winnersh Triangle all the way into Wokingham town Harper said he conducted a "brief survey" and he said "of the 40 people I spoke to, only 11 had heard about the speed reduction"."None of them were aware of it before it was introduced."We at Winnersh Parish Council believe there are still people who are unaware of this."Due to the lack of resident communications, are the council prepared to rescind any fines issued during the period when residents were likely to be uninformed?"Mr Harper's question was answered at a full council meeting by Adrian Betteridge, the executive member for active travel, transport and said: "I do accept there could have been proactive in our communications around the date of the change, and the change process, and that doing so may have reassured residents about the transition."Lessons have been learned from this for any future such changes."He went on to say that notifying neighbours by letter would have been an "impractical proposition" and added that speed limits are enforced by Thames Valley Police, not the added: "In the unlikely event that a resident has received a fine, they can, as ever, appeal the penalty." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BreakingNews.ie
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- BreakingNews.ie
More than 900 speeding fines revoked following ‘human error'
More than 900 speeding fines from a speed camera in Kilkenny have been revoked over 'human error' in processing the location of the alleged offences. It means almost 2,800 speeding fines and associated penalty points have been revoked by gardaí this year because of significant errors with safety cameras. Advertisement On Friday, An Garda Síochána started telling motorists that fines and penalty points issued to them for speeding offences on the N25 in Kilkenny detected by the static speed safety camera system between May 30th and June 30th are being revoked. This corresponds with the first month the speed camera was supposed to be running, having been made operational on May 30th. A total of 914 speeding fixed charge notices were issued over this period. Of that total, 128 fines were paid and penalty points applied but these will now be repaid and revoked. Advertisement Fifty six were paid but the error was identified prior to penalty points being applied, and the fine will be repaid. No payment had been received in the remaining 730 notices and therefore no penalty points had been applied. A garda spokesperson said the service had confirmed an error with the 'offence location on Fixed Charge Notices' from the static safety camera located on the N25, Kilkenny. The spokesperson added: 'This error is a result of human error when inputting the offence location onto the processing system.' Advertisement It said the issue was rectified 'immediately' upon its discovery on June 30th and the camera resumed operations on July 4th. An Garda Siochana said it 'takes full responsibility for this error', adding that it had completed a review of all offence locations associated with static and average speed cameras. Chief Superintendent David Harrington, head of the National Roads Policing Bureau, said: 'This error is very much regretted. 'An Garda Siochana continues to work steadfastly with all our partners in road safety endeavouring to reduce the human toll of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads.' Advertisement In February, 1,871 speeding fixed charge notices were revoked following an error with the N17 static speed safety camera system. The charges related to notices from the period of December 20th and February 12th. Eight hundred of the fines had already been paid, with penalty points applied to the driver. They were all revoked. Advertisement In that instance, safety camera provider GoSafe identified an issue on February 12 and said the static speed camera on the N17 was 'fully functional and accurately identifying offences, but not certified'. It said the certification for the radar component of the camera had expired. The issue arose because a camera was found to have a faulty focus mechanism during testing and was replaced with a new camera, which did not have a valid certificate of calibration.
