• The prospect of roadside cameras helping to crack down
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on smoking trucks emerged this week as both the Government and industry welcome the new technology.
At tests held by the RAC, the environment minister Robert Atkins and MPs from the parliamentary transport select committee greetql_the fume sensors enthusiastically.
If introduced, a fume sensor and a video camera would be used at the roadside: these record emission levels and registration numbers within a third of a second.
The monitors could only be used to alert the authorities to poorly maintained trucks, not as evidence in a prosecution against operators breaking emissions laws.
El The FTA last week warned the Government against allowing local authorities the power to spot-check vehicle emissions. The proposal is part of the DoE's discussion document "Air Quality Standards and Management".