Transport secretary Heidi Alexander this week ordered an independent review into errors that ‘resulted in a number of people incorrectly facing enforcement action for speeding’.
The Mail revealed last month that more than 36,000 speeding cases have been axed following the discovery of a glitch in variable speed camera systems on smart motorways and some A-roads.
The cases date back to 2021 when the new technology was introduced.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has now confirmed that National Highways, which runs the strategic road network in England, will be investigating cases dating back to 2019 when the ‘upgrade’ of cameras got underway ‘to ensure that everyone who has been impacted is identified’.
Some drivers are thought to have been banned from the roads after being wrongly prosecuted in a small number of cases.
Experts have warned the scandal could cost the taxpayer millions of pounds in compensation.
Hugh Bladon, senior spokesman for the Association of British Drivers, said: ‘When you consider somebody could lose their licence and maybe their job as a result of one of these faulty speed cameras, the implications are incredible....<<<Read More>>>...
