However, with Road Safety organizations coming together to support the cause of keeping speed cameras, the focus shifts back to the decision makers in the Government. On their part, the road safety organizations have claimed that speed cameras contribute to 85% of penalties that are inflicted on speeding vehicles and removing them will not only be detrimental to road safety cause, but it will also lead to slackened compliance to speeding laws. These organizations believe that the speed cameras pay for their own expense by virtue of the penalties that are collected from the violators of speed laws.

With the resistance mounting, we hope that the UK Government spares the speed cameras from the list of public spending cuts and restores the confidence of people using the roads for varied purposes.

95 Alive York and North Yorkshire Road Safety Campaign just launched a YouTube channel to help promote road safety amongst motorcyclists. The aim behind running this channel is to make the motorcyclists realize the value of safe driving to avoid unnecessary losses arising out of accidents.

The group is using real videos to give information on real accidents that happened in the past. This is being done to educate motorcyclists to drive safely in the North Yorkshire area, given the fact that the area itself is a bit tough for bike riders.

You can find more information on the group and their associated video channel by visiting the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/ninety5alive

This year, the reduction is even more high. There is a 40% reduction in the transport and road safety grants for this year. Capital grants for setting up the road infrastructure is down by 17% and revenue grant is down by 27%, thus pushing road safety on the back.

Although immediate concerns have been raised on the issue by many non-Government organizations and private trusts it remains to be seen if the Government reconsiders its decision.

Amongst this fact, it is gladdening to note that the Port of Seattle area has benefitted with the latest decision of Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. Ithas decided to retire 200 old trucks to clean the air and conserve air and breathing quality. This program focuses on retiring old polluting trucks by giving the owners $5000 or the blue book value, which ever is higher.

The aim or rationale behind such a move is to prevent the release of 2.8 tons of toxic matter in the air and to make air quality better.

The end result is not only a healthy environment, but a better road to drive on.

A study by a UK foundation has just listed the best and the worst roads in the UK. The rating is based on road safety records of the roads across the entire UK. As part of the analysis of the road safety records, the foundation has found out that the best road to drive in the UK has emerged the safest road due to its re-surfacing and overall good condition.

The foundation has laid out improved drainage, and safer junctions as other contributing factors for enhanced road safety. This study definitely calls for better maintenance and periodic updates on the condition of the roads and the signals to make driving a safer option.

Use of technology has been successful in an effort to check violations like red-light jumping and other associated traffic violations like driving at speeds higher than the prescribed limits. Analysts cite the reduction in number of over speeding cases by nearly 90% in Tucson, a Arizona city. On a similar basis red-light violations have decreased by 29%.

And the fact that Arizona public has given a big support to the use of cameras means that the public has accepted the use of technology to make road safety a significant gain. If only other States would follow suit and improve road safety by implementing technology to check traffic violations.

Well, we can only hope for the best.