Home >Camera Enforcement > Revenue from Cameras > UK: London to Use Ticket Cameras on Bicyclists

Related News California Legislature to Authorize Photo Parking Tickets Photo Ticket Firm Redflex Approaches Zero Profit Redflex Demands More Cash From Toll Road Firm Macquarie Rental Car Companies Turn In Own Customers To Photo Ticket Firm Toll Road Giant Makes A Move On Red Light Camera Company View Main Topics: Camera Enforcement    Speed Cameras    Red Light Cameras    Revenue from Cameras    Camera Accuracy    Engineering/Signals Police Enforcement    Random Checkpoints    Speed Limits/Traps    Tickets and Cash    Seizure/Confiscation    Parking Tickets    Taxes and Tolls    Drunk Driving Laws Miscellaneous Issues    Miscellaneous    Hypocrisy    Bad Policy and Injustice    Propaganda    New Technologies    Privacy Issues The Revolt    Protests    Camera Destruction Subscribe via RSS or E-Mail Back To Front Page

7/28/2006 UK: London to Use Ticket Cameras on Bicyclists London Mayor Ken Livingstone proposes to require licenses on bicycles to allow the use of photo enforcement. London, UK Mayor Ken Livingstone suggested on Thursday that cyclists should be forced to place license plates on their bicycles so that they can be ticketed by red light cameras and speed cameras. "I think, I'm now persuaded, we should actually say that bikes and their owners should be registered," Livingstone told LBC Radio. "There should be a numberplate on the back so that the ones breaking the law, we can get them off the cameras. It's the only way you can do it." Since Livingstone introduced a congestion tax on motorists, the number of cyclists has jumped with 450,000 bicycle trips taken in Britain's capital city every day. The potential revenue generated by opening these trips to the congestion tax and photo enforcement is substantial. Livingstone also advocated ticketing pedestrians for jaywalking. Source: Cycle numberplate plan to catch lawless riders - Britain - Times Online (London Times (UK), 7/27/2006) Regional News: Other news about England Permanent Link for this item Return to Front Page

Front Page | Get Updates | Site Map | News Achive | Search | theNewspaper.com: A journal of the politics of driving