Variable speed camera glitch leads to penalties being issued in error

National Highways says drivers wrongly penalised will receive refunds and see lost points restored

A glitch in the way some variable speed cameras interact with signs has led to penalties being incorrectly issued on some A roads and motorways.

The anomaly has meant there was at times a slight delay between cameras and variable speed signs, leading to some drivers being incorrectly detected as speeding after the limit had changed. 

The problem was revealed by National Highways, the wholly government-owned company responsible for modernising, maintaining and operating England’s...

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