Fixed speed cameras may now finally be in decline as councils remove them due to the running costs of maintaining them.
It's not just the financial upkeep that councils are objecting to, many also questioning speed camera's effectiveness as a deterrent to speeding motorists.
The cost of maintaining the cameras is down to councils but the proceeds from fines go straight to the treasury's coffers. Swindon was among the first to announce that it will ditch the cameras and it seems that others are set to follow.
Walsall, Birmingham and Portsmouth are all said to be considering following Swindon's example and removing the cameras; which cost £20,000 on average and earn around £200 a minute nationally from fines.
Road safety groups have slammed the plans by councils to drop the cameras suggesting Swindon is experimenting with people's lives. The AA also welcomed the abolition with caution, stating that camera removal must not create a void in road safety in areas choosing to remove its cameras.
The move away from fixed cameras would see councils invest money on new road safety initiatives, flashing speed warning signs and a return to traffic policing with more police deployed on our roads.
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