Traffic cameras across Lancaster and Morecambe are to be refurbished with high visibility yellow panels in the latest drive to cut the county's road casualties.

The Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety has announced that the programme has begun to make all traffic cameras across the county yellow, in line with Government recommendations to make them more visible to drivers.

To supplement these yellow fixed camera sites, officers in Northern Division have received a new vehicle for mobile speed enforcement in Lancaster and Morecambe area.

The vehicle is a fully liveried Ford Galaxy and is equipped with the latest laser speed detection equipment.

Traffic cameras that have just been changed to yellow include the following:

A683 - Lancaster Road, nr Caton, A6 - Garstang Road, near School Lane Forton, A6 - Slyne Road Lancaster, A6 - Toll Bar Lancaster, Westgate, opposite 9 Glentworth Road West Morecambe, A6- Slyne Road, Bolton-Le-Sands.

The Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety is hoping that Government guidelines will reassure motorists that rather than trying to catch them out the objective is to get them to slow down and reduce road casualties.

Communications Manager at the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety, Linda Sanderson said: " Public research has shown that many people in Lancashire support the use of traffic cameras as a means of reducing crashes.

We hope that the cameras' yellow panels will increase their visibility and further encourage motorists to reduce their speed and help make the county's roads safer for everyone."

Commenting on their new mobile speed enforcement vehicle, Sergeant John McLaughlin of the Road Policing Unit said: "We would like to remind motorists driving that excess speed can be a killer.

This is the reason for carrying out targeted speed enforcement at locations with the worst collision record.

This new vehicle, with its state of the art equipment, will greatly increase the chances of catching those who choose to exceed the speed limit."

He added: "This Partnership is not about making money from motorists - the aim is to save lives and reduce the numbers of people injured on Lancashire's roads and we would rather not catch anybody speeding at all."