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A500 speed camera vans scoop £80,000 in fines over three months
MOBILE camera vans parked up to catch drivers speeding through the A500 roadworks have raked in almost £80,000 in fines in just three months.
Figures obtained by The Sentinel show 1,333 drivers were caught speeding between the A34 Talke junction and the A53 at Etruria.
They were handed £60 fines and three penalty points after being snapped on the stretch between January 1 and March 31.
It means the camera vans have netted £79,980 if all the £60 fines have been paid.
The fines were dished out to drivers breaking the temporary 50mph limit through the two-mile roadworks stretch.

The limit was cut to 40mph on April 1.

But motorists are questioning why the speed limit is in place 24 hours a day when contractors are only working between 10pm and 6am. Insulation company boss John Moogan had appealed against his £60 fine after being caught on the A500, near Bradwell, at 10.58am on February 13. He later paid the fine and then paid for a driver awareness course to avoid getting three penalty points.

The 60-year-old, of Audley, said: "It is ridiculous having the speed restrictions during the day because there are no workmen there.
"There are so many people using the roads that they are making a lot of money.
"Almost £80,000 in three months is a nice turnover for any business, especially when it is just one man sat in a van."

Paul Biggs, Staffordshire representative for the Association of British Drivers, said: "It is cynical revenue raising."

The cameras are expected to remain in place until the roadworks are completed in July.
A Highways Agency spokesman said: "We are carrying out work on the central reservation of the A500 which involves the safety fence being removed and replaced.
"It is imperative to the safety of both road users and road workers that an enforced reduced speed limit is in place 24 hours a day."
The Sentinel asked Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership – which operates the county's speed cameras – to comment on the number of motorists caught and explain how the partnership is funded. But the partnership failed to respond to The Sentinel.

are there 24/7 therefore the dangers, whatever they may be are present 24/7.

It is also my opinion that common regulation

You have criticised the current system now over to you to come up with an alternative. Perhaps you would be able to come up with a working system that could be implemented that introduces variable speed limits at road works based upon driver assessment as they approach and /or controlled by the road works traffic management authority.

Perhaps you would be able to come up with a working system that could be implemented that introduces variable speed limits at road works based upon driver assessment as they approach and /or controlled by the road works traffic management authority.