M11 Speed Camera Increases Accidents and Raises £500k/Year
Date: Monday, November 16 @ 16:03:03 UTC
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 Thanks to PistonHeads for the initial story.
Some people call them Safety Cameras, others call them Speed Cameras. Today's news is one of the reasons for the latter!
Under the Freedom of Information Act (and with intervention from the Information Commissioner) Essex Police have shown that a camera on the M11 (Gatso 4785 in our database) brings in around £500,000 per year and that crashes have almost doubled! This is clearly one example where 'safety' is not paramount. The camera is placed on the southbound carriageway between junctions 4 and 5 where the speed drops from 70mph down to 50mph - obviously causing people to break suddenly.
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