Police turn blmd eye to speeders
30th January 1997, Page 11
30th January 1997
Page 11
Page 11, 30th January 1997
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• Drivers are being allowed to break the speed limit because the police cannot afford to prosecute the huge number being caught by roadside cameras. In some cases film has been removed from cameras; in others the speed limit is set over the legal limit to catch fewer drivers.
The Association of Chief
Police Officers has appealed for extra money to carry out prosecutions, arguing that roadside cameras are an effective method of reducing roadtraffic accidents.
According to the 1997 Lex Service motoring report, of the 2.5 million drivers who say that they have been flashed by a speed camera, only one in
eight were prosecuted.