To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received concerning the road safety implications of the use of Nu-Metrics Hi-Star traffic counters installed in road surfaces. [102838]

The British Motorcyclists Federation has written to my Department expressing concern for the safety of powered two wheel vehicles passing over this device, asking in particular whether it needed "type approval". My officials have met the importers of the device. Having examined a sample, they consider that it does not require type approval. It is for the relevant highway authority to consider whether and how such counters should be used on their roads.