There are two schools of thought about speed cameras.
Some people call them an essential tool in making our roads safer; others think they're another fiendish attack on poor motorists.
Either way, they're there.
Here's a list of where they're located across Teesside this week; both fixed and mobile.
CAMERA SITES & LOCATIONS IN HARTLEPOOL
Oxford Road
Raby Road
Station Lane
Throston Grange Lane
A179 Easington Road / Powlett Road
A689 Stockton Road (between Truro Drive and Seaton Lane)
Coronation Drive
Catcote Road
Seaton Lane
Owton Manor Lane & Wynyard Road
A689 from Sappers Corner
A178 The Front, Seaton Carew
Winterbottom Avenue
CAMERA SITES & LOCATIONS IN STOCKTON
Bishopton Road West
Bishopton Avenue
A177 from Savacentre to county boundary
Junction Road
Harrogate Lane
Darlington Lane
Whitehouse Road
Thames Road
Acklam Road, Thornaby
Cunningham Drive, Thornaby
Thornaby Road
Yarm Road
A66 Long Newton - covering both junctions, both directions
CAMERA SITES & LOCATIONS IN MIDDLESBROUGH
Mandale Road
Acklam Road
A172 Stokesley Road from Guisborough Road junction to Captain Cook's Crescent.
A172 Marton Road - from the crossroads to St Lukes Hospital
A172 Marton Road - from Longlands to St Lukes.
Acklam Road - from Blue Bell to the Crematorium.
Trimdon Avenue.
B1380 - from Marton Crossroads to Ormesby Road (Ladgate Lane).
Ormesby Road
Normanby Road, Ormesby
CAMERA SITES & LOCATIONS IN REDCAR & CLEVELAND
Greenstones Road
Redcar Lane
Kirkleatham Lane
Redcar Road
Stanghow Road
A171 - Charltons
Carlin How
Marske High Street
West Dyke Road
Broadway, Dormanstown
B1380 Eston
Church Lane
Normanby Road
Flatts Lane
Bankfields Road
Ormesby Bank
This list represents where speed cameras will be situated at some point this week. It's subject to change without prior notice and is not necessarily exhaustive.
More information
The Cleveland Safety Camera Partnership is a group dedicated to reducing road accidents across Teesside.
You can find out more about speed cameras in general at the website, including trigger speeds and an FAQ on the different types of cameras. Click on the link in the top right hand corner of this page.
Your comments
steve
doing 30 on normanby rd south bank overtaken by police traffic car that had just completed speed checks on the public.How fast was he going all i haerd as he passed was the power of his engine he then went to right lane at traffic lights but did not indicate right turn until lights changed.Another example of cleveland police policy do as i say not as i do.
j19
well speed cameras r just money making machines every1 speeds n slows down for them
PRISONPLANET/INFOWARS
The truth is where ever we go we are being tracked by our governments. SPEED CAMERAS/RFID/CCTV is just the latest technology to be used in the ever-growing control grid that dictates the way we live our lives.Remember the young chap who was prosecuted for "dangerous" driving ?!.NOT because he was speeding (he wasn't) but because of his two finger hand gestures to the fixed speeding camera!.So please note these are monitoring you also 24/7 365 days of the year and not because you might be speeding. Asda (Walmart) has recently carried out RFID trials, even though they claim it is only to monitor possible theft of razors! (sure !) We live in a society that is now ten times worse than Orwell's 1984, everything is surveilled. Our clothes are being tagged, our money, where ever we go we are caught on CCTV numerous times a day, cameras are going up in the streets, the schools, in bathrooms. Many will say "I have nothing to hide, why should I worry?" Yes, that's the way government is training you to think, give up your libertys and personal freedoms, know you are losing your rights and freedoms but we don't even care! Then when you have given everything up, when you have nothing left to give.Your identity taken,your freedom of speach removed or to drive where ever you like un monitored (you will be road taxed soon by GPS tracking!)Then the agenda is complete and you have ever so slowly consented to being a slave to your elected masters. So wake up and realise that "speed cameras" are NOT about saving lives but rather invasive monitoring money machines espceilly the one in Norfolk currently gatherng £6,000 an hour in revenue. Want to do something now? Go and microwave your paper money (3 seconds) the RFDI tags lay precisely over the metal strip within the notes and will pop (The strip will be completely unharmed)- it's a start.
jj
i think thay can spend more time on the burglers exc and less time on the moterist its just easy money for them and less paper work
I
PEOPLE PAY ENOUGH ON CAR TAX, PETROL, MAINTAINENCE OF THERE CARS CAMERAS ARE JUST MORE MONEY. ALSO BIGGER ALLOY WHEELS ADJUST YOUR SPEEDO DO THE POLICE TAKE THAT IN TO ACCOUNT?
SI
I HAVE NEVER BEEN CAUGHT SPEEDING. I THINK CARS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHEN THE SPEED LAWS WERE SET IE ABS ESP ALLOT SAFER THAN OLDER CARS.EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES PEOPLE DO SPEED, CAMERAS ARE GOOD OUTSIDE SCHOOLS AND BUILT UP AREAS, BUT DRIVING TO SLOW WORRYING ABOUT BEEN CAUGHT BY A CAMERA LOOKING AT YOUR SPEEDO IS NOT GOOD DRIVING PRACTICE.
Malcolm Richardson
good for slowing traffic but a little lee way should be given say up to 10%
Matthew McCann Jr
Waste of money. Put them outside schools and in public areas but on the A66 and other rural areas, you guys are just money grabbing. Fining motorists for being 4mph over the limmit, 1 word (Petty)
Kate
More speed cameras should be put up around Britain a lot of road accidents are being caused by speeding so more should be put up!!!!!
Jon
Why is it that speed cameras are supposed to be a visual deterrent and yet often times they are hidden behind bushes or other things? They are a cheap way of ripping off the motorists and are ineffective. I personally think that the laws are too stringent and dated anyway and need changing to reflect the advances made in the safety of cars.
Andy
driven everywhere at 115mph for over 20 years and not stopped by a police car or snapped by a camera yet... but the wife, who observes speed limits rigidly and is one of the safest drivers you'll ever meet gets nicked by a camera doing 38 in a 30 whilst lost in an unfamiliar town and trying to read road signs... one moments slip and now she's got a record... wow... there's a system that really works to deter offenders... there are far better and more effective ways of controlling vehicle speeds... and cameras don't catch drunks, coke heads or just plain crap drivers either... It's not speed that causes accidents, it's poor bloody driving. I've seen more prangs and near misses around town at sub 30mph than I ever have on the motorways at 95+
Daz
most Speed camaras only take a vehicles instananeous speed. rather than the average, because of this most drivers now are tending to drive by constantly watching the speedometer rather than watching the road ahead for any potential hazards. This is why in area where speed (safety) camaras have been introduce the accident rate has actually gone up, this clearly shows peoples mind are not on the road ahead but on protecting their licence. Fact u get caugght by 4 speed camaras in one day your Banned. the difference between 35 and 36 MPH in a 30 is 3 points and a £60 fine, Most speedos as we know are inaccurate around 30 mph and 1 mph on the speedometer is very hard to judge accurately
tony blair
I suppose common sense is the key but too many people lack this,and consideration for other drivers and pedestrians so a speed limit must be imposed,my gripe is the limits are often inappropriate,it would be unsafe to do 60 on many country roads but perfectly legal,I often drive nights on an empty motorway where 70 is arduous to say the least
ian smith
I was caught speeding last week (40 in a 30) it was half past midnight on an empty road with two houses and no junctions 200 metres before a 40 sign. wheres the justice?
Ian Duncan
Am I right in thinking that a Goverment report is being or has been produced in connection with the efficacy of cameras in reducing deaths and serious injuries? I thought I saw or heard a mention of his some weeks ago but have not heard any news about the report being actaully published. There are views that cameras are catching many motorists who drift over speed limits but who do not habitually speed and that such people are not the ones who are a regular danger because of excessive speeds. ID 031005
Sean Wintersgill
In my opinion, yes, speeding is dangerous, but first time offenders should be given a written warning before slapping a £60 fine and a 3 point penalty. just my opinion?
Fraser McNeil
I think speed camaras are a good Idea but if you want to catch people speeding you should not give them warning about them and they should take the consiquincies
Meg
At the end of the day Speeding is speeding, the limits are put in place for our protection, you would be the first to complain if you lost someone you loved in a accident caused by a speeding motorist.
STEVE
OUTSIDE SCHOOLS OK,BUT MAINLY EASY WAY TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE COUNCIL&POLICE FOR DOING NOTHING
Pons
No point trying to educate the anti camara brigade,as they think it is ok to speed now and again, and do not see anything wrong with their behaviour, you could explain the dangers of speed til you are blue in the face, they would still insist they are right! Any way the anti camara brigade love bieng part of the mass 'anti brigade' this country is breeding! anti hunting anti camara anti smoking, we have the lot, complainers galour, but does anyone get off their fat bums to do anything about their complaints in this contry of whingers? NO!
tom
Taxi drivers tend to knoe their areas very well, so learn where traps are as well as keeping others informed of temp. traps, this is why I think they should be hidden, so to treat local drivers to thouse who are not, any way why shouldnt they be hidden? if you are not speeding you wont be caught, and if you cant see the camaras it will stop thease prats who race up to the camaras, drive past slow, then race on again!
Lizzy
I have noticed taxi drivers speeding [do they have there own law] I have never known a taxi driver find. Or have they? .
Tony
speeding is still speeding, Ozric! Unless we put more police on the roads which would mean a massive tax hike the only ither option is camaras until drivers act like responsible adults rather than selfish spoilt children!
Jamas
Ozric, in the absence of adequate policing on todays roads, camaras are a nessesary evil, unless we want to pay significantly more tax to fund extra police on the roads. Speeding is still speeding, everyone is aware of the speeding laws, so why so suprised when you get caught? What is the rush with everyone thease days? Chill!
david
Is it really a good idea that cars should be doing 100 on motorways big john? There are motorists, quite entitled to use the motoways, that are significantly slower, what happens if you drive at 100 mph on a quiet motorway to suddenly find yourself behind lorries in lanes one and two at 60 mph bieng over taken by a small 1000cc car, camper van ect at 70 mph? you wuldnt have much time to react! People should stop driving in such a selfish mannor and view speeding only from ther own perspective, not everyone drives a high performance car, the sooner some ignorant drivers realise this the better!!
Ben
Well said pat! I think people are tying too hard to prove themselves as cynical Know alls when they protest against camaras, but just show themselves up as ignorant, missinformed, and tend to just jump on any band wagon rather than have any original thought out opinion. To protest against camaras is rather daft, you may as well protest for the removal of all speed limits as if limits are not enforced, they may as well not exist. It would be nice to see more traffic police and road safty training, but face it, this isnt going to happen, so it is surly better that people are sticking to speed limits in the absence of adequate policing. People just feal bitter once fined for speeding, and rather than taking full responsibility for their own behaviour, they whine like little girls, and blaime everyone else! Hardly the camara operators fault that you are speeding is it? Grow up and take responsibilty for your own driving and actions! Pat sets a good example of a well adjusted person who accepted responsibility for har actions and is more than likly a better driver than thouse who whine on about camaras 'bieng revenue generators blah blah blah....'
Ozric
My brother has worked for the police for years and when stopping speeders (M25) has always taken in to account their speed, how busy the roads are, are they causing a real danger. He's then made a decision on these facts. Speed cameras don't do this.
Ben
If so many disagree with speed camaras, lets make speeding legal? A speed limit is the speed that you should be driving no faster than, not at. If people are not fined untill they are say 5 mph over the limt, what are we saying? that it is ok to speed? that a 30 is really a 35? what when 35 becomes accsptable in a 30? whingers complaining about bieng fined at 40 in a 30? I feal speed camaras should be funding more traffic police, but at least the camaras might eventually slow people down, speed does have a factor on accidents, if an idiot does somthing stupid in front of you and you are speeding, you will have less time to avoid an accident with this idiot, and regardless of what this idiot was up to, your excess speed will have an influence on the outcome. Grow up and take responsibility for your own actions.
Pat Connelly
I think that they are a good idea, although I was caught on camera when my mother was dieing in a nursing home and we had been called to her bed. I was doing 34 mph, but still over the limit. I produced her death cert. and wasn't charged the £60 but still got the 3 points on my licence, just because I let my mind wander. This was my one and only speeding ticket, but I still think they are necessary.
John
To make our roads safer more should be done to identifying poor driving, there are too many drivers who do not abide by the highway code and speed camera's do not identify this, we should have more police presence on our highways, not hidden away in plain cars but visual and active. I agree with speed camera's around schools , Towns , public places but most accidents are caused by poor driving not speed alone. Get police on the ground and catch the people who drive without consideration for others and those who drive without Tax Insurance & MOT.
BIG JOHN
I am all in favour of "road safety cameras" ha ha, where there is an identifiable need, ie high accident rate due to excessive speed, and where extra protection for pedestrians is needed, ie schools, parks, etc. The big problem is the speed limits themselves on good stretches of open road. When was the 70 mph speed limit set for motorways and dual carriageways, sometime in the 50's? when most cars could not go that fast. Better road surfaces, conditions and advance warning of jams and roadworks, along with the potential of most recently produced vehicles to comfortably cruise at 100 mph make the 70 mph limit a frustrating joke.
wardy
think its a good idea. However I believe that as Dr Holmes said- if you are going only a little bit over the speed limit you should not be fined as much. Surely going 60mph in a 40mph zone is okay for a fine but 42 in a 40 zone? Not really fair
Dr Holmes
I know of a driver caught and fined for 42mph in a 40mph zone - this is money making nonsense; punish those who are a good percentage over the limit and let's stop this silly practice where sensible drivers are having to constantly check that they are tavelling at an exact speed so that they don't tigger the cameras. And frankly speed is but one issue on roads which are littered by so many other bad driving habits these days.
Lancelot
We spend more time looking at the speedo than looking through the windsceen these days. A few miles an hour over the limit and you get a ticket. I don't condone speeding, but I would prefer to watch the road ahead.
C Horvath
Speed cameras should be used near schools etc. There is only one reason why a speed camera is placed on an open road out in the country where there is no risk to pedestrians etc - to make money! They should be making safer roads - not money! I think most people would accept speed cameras if the police didn't abuse them to just create revenue.
Ray. yarm on tees
A nice little money earner for the police
Pete
Just cash-cows!!!!!
Andrew Brilliant
Bri in Redcar - I like you. This rubbish about not knowing how fast you're going is just an excuse. If you aren't skilled enough to monitor your speed and drive at the same time then perhaps you shouldn't be driving at all.
Bri in Redcar
The only people that complain are those that speed. I love hearing speeders moaning about speed cameras being a money spinner, just cough up, shut up, and slow down. I'm all for having a computer chip in every car that would beam up to space and record your speed everywhere. Automatic fines could be sent out to all speeders. And for those who think it's the first step towards big brother, great, if it's slows these idiots that plague our roads then bring it on. If I was prime minister I'd massively increase camera numbers and increase fines ten fold. For those that have been caught, ha ha haaaaa, now try slowing down before you kill somebody.
J.Greene
In some respects they are a good idea but in others they are not. Yes, they may stop people from speeding, but on the whole they don't really do enough. I think that they are a waste of money.
ALAN FROM BILLINGHAM
I drive to gateshead every day to work and for the last thee weeks there has been a speed camera at the road works on the A1M at the Washington services is there realy any need I have been driving to Gateshead & back for the last two years and never seen any accidents.
Chris R
OK as long as some tolerance is applied e.g. no more than 35 in a 30 limit otherwise drivers will be obliged to drive at about 26/27 to ensure that they are always no more than 30. Someone driving at 26 is sure to cause anger and frustration in other drivers.
Bill, Middlesbrough
Unfortunately these camera's cannot detect bad driving,which causes most accidents,some people are not safe at twenty M.P.H.
mark williams
i think the same as the mojority of motorists speed camra's are put there to raise revenew for the goverment its easy money for them.
val
Although I approve of having cameras to slow drivers at key pionts eg schools, roads through hopusing estates etc, I really onject to them being on roads without houses or with fences/wide verges preventing cars from being near people. I believe in targeting fast speeders & drunks etc but no police appear for that - I suppose it isn't so easy catching them and won't make as much money or help them reach government targets. The system isn't right and a real fraud. I feel I now watch the speed so much I have more chance of an accident watching my speedo than the road ahead.
b. marley
Fixed camera's only catch cars and not HGV's. On a single carrage way 40mph is the limit for HGV's but camera's do not catch them.
mark tilley
Speed cameras used correctly are a good idea But on the hole the are used purely and simply as a reveneu tool. What is the point of hiding there location or setting up so that the motorist is caught speeding before he has chance to check his speed. For example if a camera is hidden or set up in a sneaky way yes you might catch 200 speeders that day which to me means that even though these people have been prosicuted and paid there fines that streach of road was still dangerous, as 200 moterists were caught. Now if the camera was in easy view then the motorists would slow down momenteraly thus elluding the speeding ticket so no prosicutions and for that moment in time that piece of road was safer but to the powers that be this does not seem to have been sucesful as there was no revenue from fines. Personally the funds that go into catching speeding motorists should be channeled into catching road tax / insurance / and people driving with out a licence. and also catching the real criminals ie drug dealers muggers burglers etc.Also cameras do not pick up bad or dangerous driving get more police patrol cars on the street as i have noticed a big decline with the introduction of speed camaras.
paul
fixed speed cameras work,its the ones used by Camera Partnership that dont,my son 16years old on the road for only 2 weeks was caught they say doing 35mph in a 30mph on a restricted 50cc moped,he wrote to them explaning this but made no difference its the money there after,i have lost all faith in the police,its the motorist whos the easy target
Mike Featherstone.
Those who are trying very hard to stick to the speed limit find that it is almost impossible not to make a genuine mistake at some time or other. - Drivers are not machines. Saving precious lives and a lot of misery for drivers does not excuse the couldn't-care less- attitude to justice. A few simple rules would solve the problem and remove a lot of the antagonism towards cameras and the police.
tom ellison
This is an easy option for fund raising. A camera will not catch a drunk and or dangerous driver.
hunt
Usually in the wrong places at the wrong times to catch those that deserve to be caught. I see some serious speeding usally early morning or late evening.
John Armitage
Too much focus is made on "Speed" most safety cameras should be placed in accident Blackspots to reduce deaths & injuries. safety cameras should be placed on high traffic school areas. the focus on safety issues should include uninsured and unlicenced drivers, "RED LIGHT" jumpers and dangerous/inconsiderate drivingshould be checked. excess speed is not the only issue when it comes to road safety, speed itself does not kill, aggressive and poor driving kills. please note these are the comments of a 47 year old/30 year driver without any speeding convictions and driving over 50,000 miles p.a.
Rob from Libya
Car manufacturers could help by fitting, as standard speed limiters to all models, these are only found on a few makes at present. I realise it's down to the driver to maintain his or her speed but it's so easy to go over the limit by just a couple of MPH and apparently there's no exception, over the limt and your're nicked. If the government or the local authorities are sincere in making our roads safer, limiters should be made compulsary, but then where would the police get the extra revenue from. Smoking in public places maybe!!!!!
Jonathon
Get those Cameras outside schools, colleges, Hospitals, old fokes homes, housing estates and road works were they are needed, Instead some are placed on open roads such as the A19 and fund Fat Cat Goverment Officals.
George
Speed cameras should be situatated at accident black spots & possibly near Schools for obvious reasons. All the exta revenue created from the speed cameras should be used to help catch unlicensed, uinsured, drunk or drugged drivers. Which in turn would make our roads far safer. Whould that not make more sence?
colin moscrop
there should be no need to publish or indicate where speed cameras are situated there are signs in place already telling what the speed limmit is for the area you are driving in, if you want to ignore them you should be prepared to face the concequences
Paul
Andrew Lumsden's suggestion merits attention If we have to live with the things his bit of reverse psychology would probably be quite effecive at getting the generally law abiding majority to observe speed limits and even give the boy racers an incentive - providing of course the vehicle they are driving is legit.
Eddie Graham
you should live in australia they position camaras in front of dark objects ie bus stops ,trees rubbish bins. at least you can see yours,you are correct you keep watching speedo and your eyes are not fixed on road,and there are enough fools out there to cause accidents,with out further distractions, and yes i have drove in the uk for a lot of years.public holiday times in oz we get hit with double demerit points(you start with 12)dont take long to loose them one guy got his licence one day lost it the next 6 point offence doubled still dont learn
Rich
Money generators!! Where is it going? Why don't I see them outside schools? Totally agree with Alan, speeding is hardly a crime of the century Andrew B is the point Alan is trying to make, money should be put to better devices for example trying to find the person who robbed my home last year and I still haven't heard anything about it! Hmmmm wonder why that is?
Cliff Robinson
Speed cameras have turned out to be a bad idea by alienating the majority of law abiding public citizens against the police. I strongly suspect that in the biggest percentage of convictions have been very minor indescretions. It is no wonder that the police no longer hold the respect of the general public.
Derek Goldby
it would be fairer and more effective to have eletronic activated speed control systems installed on car engines rather than spy camera's.
jedinsky
if you keep within the speed limits (as we should)theres no problem with them :) it could be your life there saving not just other peoples
Col in
Don't mind them when you can see them, it's when there are hidden and sneaky who would like a job in one of those little white vans !
Andrew Brilliant
"Speed cameras catch only the law abiding motorists with Tax, Licence, Insurance, MOT." Think about what you just said. Think hard... Congratulations, you're stupid!
Dave
Same old story, how to make money and fleece people. Perhaps the money generated should be used to further train some of the shocking drivers on the roads. At the moment I don't see where all the money goes.
Shaun
I think that sped ameras are a ad idea because you spend too muc time loking at your speedometer instead of concentraing on the road. They are danerous and just a way of making money!
Alan
Speed cameras catch only the law abiding motorists with Tax, Licence, Insurance, MOT. Not car the car thieves, drunk or drugged drivers, false number plates, slow dangerous drivers. If camera evidence is not usually accepted for criminal convictions why for driving?
dawn barron
great if they can be justifiable located in accident trouble spots ok. if not and no reason other than money making no
Tim Roberts
The purpose of speed cameras is to generate money, what angers me is the cameras are sometimes located out of rural areas and if you speed over the limit even by a few miles per hours snap your caught, no compromise, points no fine yes then their getting more money which is all it's about.
Jenny - 20
I think speed cameras are of great benefit to the community and i think we could do with alot more being in force to catch those who speed!
Andrew Lumsden
If the purpose is to require drivers to remain within the speed limt, why not store the registration numbers of vehicles within the limit passing a camera and once per month hold a draw for such reg numbers. There could be prizes of £1000 for the driver whose reg no comes out of the draw and smaller prizes as well This could be self financing from fines imposed on speed breakers and would signfy positive policing whilst encouoraging observance of the speed limit. Is it worth a try???
