"Time was called this week on rogue clampers, unending road works and unnecessary speed cameras. Richard Ottaway, Conservative MP for Croydon South, has added his voice to new Conservative plans to cut congestion and disruption on the roads, while improving road safety.
A new blueprint for a Conservative Government to help improve local roads includes:
• Improving safety by switching from installing new fixed speed cameras to alternative road safety measures, such as Vehicle Activated Signs and better education.
• Scrapping unaccountable speed camera quangos and publishing the revenue raised from each existing individual camera.
• Setting clearer rules on the timing of traffic lights, to address concerns about traffic lights settings being covertly changed by highways authorities so they are constantly on red.
• Cracking down on rogue wheel clampers, which is a particular problem on private land.
• Freeing councils to pilot innovative schemes, like ‘turn left on red’ for cyclists.
• Reducing the congestion caused by road works and motorway closures following accidents.
Richard said:
“Under the Government, getting around has become a daily grind. Law-abiding drivers have to avoid endless road works, rogue clampers extorting cash and speed cameras designed to raise money rather than improve safety.
“We will use practical, common sense measures to tackle the congestion that is costing the London economy millions. There should be more openness on how transport decisions are made that affect people’s lives, and greater use of technology like Vehicle Activated Signs to cut speeding. It’s time for change to get London moving.”
