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Cameras 'name and shame' success

Safety cameras that shame drivers into slowing down rather than fining them may be introduced on English motorways.

The cameras record the number plates of speeding drivers and flash them up on a screen but do not issue penalties.

They were used during June along a stretch of the M42 in the West Midlands and proved a success with nearly half of speeding drivers slowing down. The Highways Agency (HA) says the signs could be extended to other English motorways and major routes.

A HA spokeswoman said it was the next step on from signs seen in many villages that flash up the speed limit and the words 'slow down' when drivers are speeding.

"Once the speeding vehicle activates the sign that vehicle registration number is shown at the same time. What we are doing is personalising it - it is moral blackmail in a way," she said.

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