Dave Thompson MSP

Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, who has been working long and hard on improving road safety on the A9, has welcomed the publication of performance data which shows the A9 average speed camera safety scheme has been successful in improving driver behaviour.

Commenting on this Mr Thompson said, “It is encouraging that the data not only reveals that instances of speeding are significantly down, but that journey time reliability has also improved, not only from cars but from HGV’s too.

Slower HGV journey times and the resultant knock on effect on the economy was an oft cited reason by critics who opposed A9 Average Camera Scheme, logic which now comes unstuck under the scrutiny of cold hard facts, as it is revealed that HGV journey times have actually improved on the road.

Dave went on, This hightlights the hollow anti-average speed camera campaign for what it is, which is and always has been an irresponsible and politically motivated ploy to turn folk against the genuine attempts of the Scottish Government to improve road safety and reduce journey times on the A9.

I hope that Danny Alexander will now stop the incredulous political point scoring over the installation of the average speed cameras on the A9”.