Speed camera fines drop in the UK
Date: 02 November 2007
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Complaints by the public and freight haulage professionals have brought about a reduction in the number of drivers caught by speed cameras, new research has suggested.
Figures published by the Ministry of Justice also indicate that fewer drivers, including those employed in the logistics industry, were charged with offences such as driving without insurance.
Overall, the data indicates that the total number of motoring offences declined by 450,000 to 13 million in 2005.
Freight haulage drivers will be particularly pleased to note that the number of drivers issued with speed camera fines dropped by 40,000 during the year. Over the previous years, the rate of fining had been increasing by around 200,000 annually.
The RAC Foundation said that the figures were good news and that they indicated that the police are starting to focus more on serious motoring offences - something that logistic drivers will surely welcome.
"There is no doubt that enforcement was getting out of hand, particularly with the use of speed cameras," Edmund King, director of the foundation, explained to the Times.
"The authorities have finally realised that showing a small degree of flexibility can be more effective than huge numbers of fines, even though they are making less money."
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