Camera plan to reduce speeds

A new speed camera plan on a busy Rutherglen road will start today.

Average speed cameras have been installed on Mill Street in a bid to reduce the number of collisions and speeding motorists on the street.

In recent years Mill Street has seen nine road traffic collisions where people have been injured and recent speed surveys found that more than two-thirds of the vehicles on this road are above the speed limit.

The change from mobile safety cameras to average speed cameras aims to see a reduction in those numbers and improve driver behaviour.

Camera unit manager Alan Thomson said: “The change means we can ensure that we continue to positively influence driver behaviour on this road.

“Given the recent success of Scotland’s first urban average speed camera on Old Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh, we believe this robust approach will lead to a reduction in injuries caused by motorists travelling above the speed limit.”

South Lanarkshire Council’s community and enterprise resources chair John Anderson said: “I hope that the installation of average speed cameras on Mill Street reduces the number of accidents we are unfortunately seeing in this area.

“Excessive speed is a contributory factor in so many accidents and I fully expect the average speed cameras to act as a deterrent.”