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Britain’s greediest speed camera?
23 June 2008
A temporary speed camera in Lancashire has generated £72,000 in fines in just three weeks – more than seven times the amount an average camera makes in the same period.
The camera, on the A56, has been installed to enforce a temporary 50mph speed limit during a 16-week programme of roadworks, but its positioning has attracted criticism from locals, including Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans.
“They really are raking the cash in on this camera,” Evans said, “I think for those motorists doing under 70mph a warning letter would have sufficed. Why did they not put an electronic warning sign in place to slow the traffic down rather than a camera that is hitting the already hard-pressed motorist further?”
Alex Goy
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