Say yes to cheaper van, home and car insurance

A top policeman has claimed that bringing back hidden speed traps will cut road accidents, according to a national news site.

This Is London has claimed that Meredydd Hughes, chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, believes the reintroduction of the method could also help catch dangerous drivers - although it may lead to steeper car insurance policies for them.

The official, who is also the head of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers, also suggested that signs warning drivers of the close proximity of mobile camera vans become a thing of the past.

"I have always thought it strange that speed cameras were so easily identified," he told the Times.

"I don't tell burglars when I am specifically running an anti-crime operation."

Meanwhile, Stratford MP John Maples has issued his support for mobile speed cameras, according to the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald.

The official credited the programme for reducing casualties on the region's roads.

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