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In London and Cornwall, a pilot program has just been launched that combines all the fun of terrestrial speed cameras with the creepy omniscience of GPS. In a nutshell, the program -- called "SpeedSpike" -- uses positioning satellites to track motorists as they travel between traffic cameras. By calculating the time it takes a driver to move from one point to the other, SpeedSpike can determine whether or not the motorist has been speeding.

Queensland police will forego their speed camera vans and go back to pounding the beat if the state government has its way.

The plan for civilian operators to take over the cameras comes as the government and police union wrangle over a three-year pay deal.

Union leaders will meet with Premier Anna Bligh in Brisbane on Friday at 3pm (AEST).

The government has offered 2.5 per cent over three years, prompting a police union rejection and a television advertising campaign demanding more.

New speed cameras in Baltimore incorrectly giving drivers traffic tickets

Government employees are tired of people wrecking their red light cameras so they did what any good bureaucrat would. They installed cameras to watch the cameras. Seriously, I am not making this stuff up!

City of Toledo admits it wants cameras for revenue

It's probably a safe bet that many Autoblog readers find speed limits very annoying in general. To that end, it turns out that a significant number of limits in Michigan may, in fact, be illegal.

Like a regular speed camera, it can fine drivers who go over the speed limit, but there's also a carrot to go with that stick. If you follow the speed limit, you are entered into a lottery with cash prizes!

This is a short clip of President Obama being interviewed on the Tavis Smiley show. The comments were made jokingly but it is in fact it is the reality in which we find ourselves. Studies have shown that most roads without speed limits are as safe or safer than those with speed limit. So, speed limits are just another government revenue generation scheme, a hidden tax on the poor.

Florida Highway Patrol's citations to motorists have surged recently...and then it was discovered that all of the speed limit signs in a certain area had been covered up.