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• Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 09:00

  £1365 fine and 6 points for 100mph speeder

  A speeding motorist has been fined £1365 and given 6 penalty points after being charged with and found guilty of excessive speeding.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 09:00

  Medway Mum backs safety cameras

  A Medway mother of three whose husband died in a car accident has spoken out on the ‘vital role’ that safety cameras play in cutting deaths and serious injuries.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 13:00

  Partnership slams Kent law firm over "Beat the Safety Cameras" press advert

  An advertising campaign from a Kent law firm aimed at helping speeding motorists to dodge offences has been attacked as 'irresponsible' by the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 11:12

  New poll reveals public support for safety cameras in Kent and Medway

  Public opinion is swinging in favour of safety cameras and the vital role they play in cutting deaths and serious injuries on the roads of Kent and Medway.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 09:00

  Husband and wife fined £800 and given 6 penalty points each

  A speeding motorist and her husband have been fined £800 and given 6 penalty points each on their licence for failing to provide the identity of a driver at the time of a speeding offence.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 5 November 2009, 09:00

  BELT up. SLOW down.

  Road safety partners have been reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries to young people on Kent's roads and are now launching a major campaign to reduce the number even further.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 09:00

  Penalty points and £990 fine as speeding motorist loses court case

  A speeding motorist who had already clocked up six points on his licence through speeding tickets was yesterday fined a total of £990 and given an additional three points after contesting a speeding ticket at Dartford Magistrates Court.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 09:00

  'Street lights mean 30' campaign drives home road safety message

  Did you know that two-thirds of all crashes in which people are killed or seriously injured happen in built-up areas where the speed limit is 30mph or less? Or that, by driving at 35mph instead of 30mph, you are twice as likely to kill someone?
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 8 October 2009, 09:00

  Motorist fined for fraudulent driving licence

  A speeding motorist has been fined £400 for providing a false driving licence after being photographed speeding in Margate.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Monday, 7 September 2009, 09:00

  Safety camera vans now enforcing mobile phone and seat belt offences

  The Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership's camera vans will be enforcing mobile phone and seat belt offences on a permanent basis, as well as speeding motorists, from 5 October.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Friday, 14 August 2009, 09:00

  Young motorists most supportive of safety cameras

  Young people have a more positive attitude to safety cameras than older drivers, according to the latest survey of driver opinions on safety cameras from the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). The results show that 17 to 24 year-olds give the best approval ratings overall while older drivers tend to be the least supportive, with drivers over 45 giving the lowest approval ratings.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 09:00

  Speeding driver jailed over lies

  A speeding motorist has been jailed for 28 days after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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• Thursday, 16 April 2009, 09:00

  Business driver delighted to be stopped in his tracks by K&MSCP's latest camera

  Gillingham business driver, Richard Hodson had no cause for complaint when he was contacted by the Partnership to inform him of news of our latest camera.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 19 March 2009, 09:00

  We don't want your money; we want you to slow down

  To highlight the valuable contribution that safety cameras are making towards road casualty reduction in Kent and Medway, adverts are running on local television and radio, and the Partnership are encouraging motorists to log onto www.kmscp.org to see where all the cameras are.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 09:00

  Phone and seat belt crackdown catches hundreds

  Over 253 car drivers and passengers were detected not wearing seat belts and nearly 50 drivers were caught using a mobile phone in last week's crackdown by Kent Police and the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 09:00

  16 - 22 February mobile phone and seat belt clamp down

  As part of the latest European TISPOL road safety campaign, the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership and Kent Police are working together to clamp down on motorists caught on camera using a phone while driving or not wearing a seat belt.
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• Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 09:00

  Phone and seat belt enforcement stepped up

  Despite drivers being warned that they will be caught on camera if they commit mobile phone and seat belt offences, safety camera vans are detecting about 100 offenders a month.
  News Category: Press Releases