Friday, July 31, 2009

Turning off the Speed Cameras

It’s a start. 

Swindon has become the first English authority to scrap the use of its fixed speed cameras.

The Conservative-run borough council said it was reinvesting the £320,000 a year maintenance costs for the five cameras in road safety measures.

The move does not mean the town will be left without any speed cameras as Wiltshire Police will continue to operate mobile units.

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“Because the amount of money we were putting into cameras wasn’t delivering the results we required, we decided to make the focus road safety rather than enforcement,” said Conservative councillor Peter Greenhalgh.

(1) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1721 hrs
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  1. “...we decided to make the focus road safety rather than enforcement.”

    Holy living f**k, that’s one of the most intelligent things I’ve ever heard a LEO say.

    Posted by Mike Gallo on August 01, 2009 at 1236 hrs


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