LOLLIPOP ladies across the country are to be equipped with cameras hidden in their poles after a spate of incidents in which drivers speed past them or beat them up.
The cameras, activated when the pole touches the ground, are pointed at offending cars. The drivers can then be found and punished.
Successful trials have been carried out by at least 10 local authorities ranging from Hillingdon, west London to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and Dudley, West Midlands.
David Sparks, transport spokesman for the Local Government Association (LGA), said he expected all councils would buy the poles, which cost about £900 each.
“They are fantastic. They are very effective in stopping motorists and they are also highlighting the problems of renegade drivers who are no longer going to get away with it,” said Sparks.
“Lollipops” have the legal force of a red traffic light and drivers disobeying them face a £1,000 fine or three points on their licence. The LGA estimates that there are 1,400 “lollipop rage” incidents each year, which range from not stopping to assaults.
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How much more do the sheeple of Britain need to be told before they Wake Up to what is happening !!!
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