Drivers could soon be fined for traffic offences at six dangerous roads after Bristol City Council gets new enforcement powers. Cameras will be installed at six locations and drivers who get caught breaking the rules here could be fined from next summer.
Councils across the country are getting new powers to enforce moving traffic offences, which the police are currently responsible for enforcing. These offences include illegal U-turns, driving the wrong way down a one-way street, or turning left or right where this is prohibited.
The six sites are in Fishponds, Withywood, Redland, St George and by Temple Meads. The council’s cabinet approved the new measures on Tuesday, December 6, although final sign off must first come from the Department for Transport, before the scheme takes effect.
