South Gloucestershire invests in speed warning signs

South Gloucestershire Council has purchased two mobile speed indicator signs (SIDs) from UK company Traffic Technology, which will be used to monitor traffic speeds at sites where there is a community concern about speeding vehicles or a history of speed-related injury accidents. The signs will be installed following a site survey to ascertain whether there is a problem with inappropriate speed. SID is a rugged, lightweight radar activated speed indication display that can be used at temporary or perm
April 21, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
South Gloucestershire Council has purchased two mobile speed indicator signs (SIDs) from UK company 561 Traffic Technology, which will be used to monitor traffic speeds at sites where there is a community concern about speeding vehicles or a history of speed-related injury accidents.

The signs will be installed following a site survey to ascertain whether there is a problem with inappropriate speed.

SID is a rugged, lightweight radar activated speed indication display that can be used at temporary or permanent locations to provide a non-confrontational warning to drivers of their speed via an LED display and putting social pressure on them to decrease speed when required. Simple to use and set up, the device has data storage for 60,000 vehicle events and utilises tracking radar which is capable of storing vehicles' entrance and exit speed.

A representative from South Gloucestershire Council said: “Using mobile signs means we can move them around as necessary and respond quickly to reports of speeding. If the signs continually record over-speeding, the speed, date and time data is forwarded to the police with a request for enforcement at the site.”
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