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From Yahoo link: Temporary speed camera nets £1M

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18042006/344/t ... ts-1m.html

A Gatso speed camera installed temporarily at roadworks raised more than £1 million in fines, it has emerged.

The camera on the M62 at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, caught 18,000 drivers speeding in an 18-month period.

It was installed in September 2003, when the speed limit was reduced from 70mph to 50mph while work was done on the motorway.

According to figures obtained by The Sun under Freedom of Information, motorists caught by the Gatso were charged £1,088,000 in fines.

Installation of the devices on a number of other motorways, including the M6 in Cheshire, the M4 and M5 near Bristol and the M11 in Essex, brought in hundreds of thousands of pounds at each site.

Temporary speed cameras have netted £7 million in fines over the past two years, the figures showed.

A camera on the M20 at Ashford in Kent caught 656 drivers in six days, generating charges of £39,390.

According to the Sun, all Gatsos across the country are set to raise a total of £130 million for the Treasury this year.

My comments:

And in addition to that we have a casualty reduction of......0

Bloody cash grabbing vultures!

regards

Andrew

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It's a scam........or possibly a scamola


Homer Simpson

well what would you expect of a greedy system that punishes good safe driving, and lets off all local joy riders just in case one of them gets wiped out

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Brian of Plymouth
When will the government realise , that to err is only human, to be perfect is to be GOD.

And to ensure maximum chaos ( and presumably profit) the widening of the M1 is now policed by PC SPEC, which presumably is on 24/7 although the road works (and the risk ) are not.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

First post on here, but been reading for a while now......

I went through this scamera at approx 55mph a few months ago. As I remember the bollard marked lanes swerved away from the camera on approach. Hence I didn't spot it till I was going through it as I was doing the really stupid thing of paying attention to the road in front of and around me Miraculously it didn't flash though, presumably because they were changing the film for the tenth time that day

I also recall when these roadworks were removed they left the 50mph limit in place for some time and there was no NSL sign indicating the end of the 50 limit.

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Why can't we just use Common Sense?

When the roadworks are finally removed the speed limit has no validity, even if the signs are still in place.

Yes , but how many actually know this gem of information?
very very few,

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Brian of Plymouth
When will the government realise , that to err is only human, to be perfect is to be GOD.

What constitutes removal of roadworks? I very often see cones at the side of the road but no actual work being carried out and the carriageway is clear of any obstructions, and the reduced limit signs and cameras still in place. Or signs saying barrier incomplete but can't see where it's not complete. I've seen it said that as long as there are no obstructions in the carriage way they can't use the barrier incomplete as an excuse to leave the speed limits in place, is this correct?

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws.

That's what it was like in this instance. Just a few cones along the central reservation. Perhaps, when no-one is actually working on the roadworks the temp speed limits should be deemed invalid.

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Why can't we just use Common Sense?

So what defines "roadworks". The workers, the cones or obstructions in the main carriageway? If it is "obstructions", how is this defined?

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“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.” - H. L. Mencken

MONEY - no nonononononononononoonoonononoononononon - it's not about money , it's all about road safety ( hmm, whats that) and if we can make a buck or two , is that bad ?.After all ,all we're doing is helping the Government keep costs down ( very sarcastic )

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on