The ‘most lucrative’ speed camera in Britain has been named and shamed. Not surprisingly, the local community is outraged by the findings of this camera. It has been discovered that the speed camera, erected on a road where few incidents take place, has netted the local council 1.3m pound per year.
With the average cost of a speeding fine now reaching 60 the camera has earned 1,327,140 each year. This means that the ‘most lucrative’ camera in Britain has on average captured 1,843 motorists each and every month.
The notorious speed camera was erected in 1999 in Poole, Dorset with the aim of catching motorists jumping the red lights were it is situated on a 30mph section of a dual carriageway. The camera became one of the first to be converted to catch unaware motorists speeding through green lights as well as red.
The camera was converted even though official stats showed there had been only one serious injury and no fatalities in at least 11 years. Motoring groups feared the camera was converted to in a move to ‘milk the motorist’ as the speed limit is also said to be to low for a dual carriageway.
As a result of the cameras positions, the low speed limit and the fact it works regardless of green or red lights, drivers who thought they were driving legally have been caught travelling just a few miles over the limit. The road the camera is situated upon is a wide dual carriageway, with an industrial estate on one side, and a harbour on the other. The revenue generated by this one camera dwarfs the amount generated by other cameras, delivering evidence that something is seriously wrong with the setup.
A temporary Camera at road works on the A1139 in Peterborough earlier this year was, on average issuing 3000 tickets per month, generating 3.2m per year.
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