Usual rider about appropriate place and repeat .
Spotted this on a news program this morning, so a quick google and --------
http://www.wired.com/2010/12/swedish-sp ... slow-down/Swedish Speed-Camera Pays Drivers to Slow Down
We've all seen the arguments about Camera being about cash etc, and suggestions that either the points or the cash element should be removed. ,most countries use the big stick and microscopic carrot approach, with the size of the stick changing between countries.
But
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the Swedish National Society for Road Safety, which worked with Kevin, has found it to be a success.
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As well as ticketing you when you run through a speed-radar too fast, Kevin’s “Speed Camera Lottery” also notices you when you come in at or under the speed-limit. It then automatically enters you in a lottery. And here’s the really smart part: the prizes come from the fines paid by speeders.
Now sit back and wait for the wails from the "road safety experts", who've all (IMHO) got a financial finger in the great speed camera gravypot.