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23 June 2006 GPS may help reduce congestion
The Highways Agency (HA) is teaming up with local police forces in the UK to use GPS technology in a bid to speed up road accident investigations.
The technology will be used in a three month trial by Surrey and Warwickshire forces and they hope it will speed up the whole process of investigating crashes.
It can take up to six hours to launch an investigation and this keeps lanes closed and can cause traffic chaos.
The new technology will allow police to pinpoint the exact location of an incident quickly and will also give them instant access to any other information they may need.
The use of GPS could also help to reduce the amount of time it takes to make a claim on a driver's car insurance and save some valuable time.
The main purpose of the scheme is to see if it will help to free up more police time and reduce traffic problems.
"We hope that by using innovative new technology we will able to cut the time the police spend on vital investigations, get traffic moving again more quickly, and reduce congestion for England's motorways and major roads," says Ginny Clarke, the Highways Agency's chief highways engineer.
Statistics show that a quarter of all congestion on the UK's roads is down to lane closures as a result of accidents.
© Adfero Ltd
The technology will be used in a three month trial by Surrey and Warwickshire forces and they hope it will speed up the whole process of investigating crashes.
It can take up to six hours to launch an investigation and this keeps lanes closed and can cause traffic chaos.
The new technology will allow police to pinpoint the exact location of an incident quickly and will also give them instant access to any other information they may need.
The use of GPS could also help to reduce the amount of time it takes to make a claim on a driver's car insurance and save some valuable time.
The main purpose of the scheme is to see if it will help to free up more police time and reduce traffic problems.
"We hope that by using innovative new technology we will able to cut the time the police spend on vital investigations, get traffic moving again more quickly, and reduce congestion for England's motorways and major roads," says Ginny Clarke, the Highways Agency's chief highways engineer.
Statistics show that a quarter of all congestion on the UK's roads is down to lane closures as a result of accidents.
© Adfero Ltd
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