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http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/Vi ... tionID=841

Huge drop in fines from speed cameras

The amount of cash taken in fines by speed cameras in Hertfordshire has more than halved.

In 2004/5 the cameras (like the one pictured above) clawed in £1.24million, but this dropped to £519,616 in 2005/6.

The county has 122 fixed site speed cameras and nine red light cameras while Dacorum has 20 fixed cameras and one red light camera.

Herts Safety Camera Partnership, made up of Herts County Council and the police, said it had no explanation for the drop.

"We can't predict how many people will speed through the camera sites," a county council spokesman said.

"We don't want that figure to be high. The lower that figure is the fewer people have sped through camera sites."

Profits from speed cameras are collected by the Government with the partnership taking its costs.

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Made a big loss then. That's a shame. I expect the LA and the Police will have to bail them out. That should win them friends.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Err, they're not allowed to make a loss

National Safety Camera Handbook -

Rule 18 - Financial Performance

It is a key requirement of the programme that Partnerships break-even for every year in which they operate

Funny isnt it you never see this on any Scam Pratnership website Doesn't sit comfortably with the denial of revenue raising

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That's how Nazi Germany started. They'll be burning books next. (Brian Noble, Wigan coach - updated 20/4/06!!).

Are we about to see redundancies --oh that would hert

Of course, the spin will be:
"This shows that the cameras are working to reduce speeding - so more cameras are needed to reinforce that effect"

if we could just get a few more to challange thier tickets or have thier case in court rather than fpn....

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

Hmm... the operational case says the 04/05 income was £3.2m on £1.5m costs, with a predicted income of £3.2m for 05/06 on costs of £1.9m