Councils and Speed Cameras

[Saint in Paradise]

Under a new ruling last week, councils have been informed that they must disclose how much money each of their speed cameras is generating.

 

The ruling has been made under Freedom Of Information laws and they only have until July 20th to disclose the numbers!

 

Specifically the councils must disclose:

 

How much money is generated by each speed trap;

 

...presumably this will also apply to mobile speed trap positions...

 

and...

 

The accident rate at each of the camera sites

 

Once this data comes through we should have a clear picture of which cameras are there for safety (uhem.......), and which ones are there for the money.

[badgerx16]

..... and which ones are there for the money.

If nobody broke the clearly publicised speed limits, they wouldn't make any money, would they. IMO, anybody getting caught is making a voluntary contribution by means of a locally levied tax.

[dune]

Speed cameras are a perfect illustration of nanny state Socialism.

[trousers]

If nobody broke the clearly publicised speed limits, they wouldn't make any money

 

Nut. Shell.

[badgerx16]

Speed cameras are a perfect illustration of nanny state Socialism.

I would rather think of them them as a capitalist / fascist extortion racket, and you could not for a second define them as a 'stealth tax'.