Then we wont collect it for you, is the message being sent to central govt over Speed sorry "Safety" Cameras!
Now Local Authorities will no longer keep the revenue collected by their most efficient cash cow the speed camera, it seems they are no longer quite so keen to blanket the country with them, funny that and after all the fuss they made about their SOLE purpose being to cut road deaths!!!!!!!!!
At last the true is out, someone has admitted what we have known all along they are NOTHING more than a tax on motorists
Swindon Borough Council is reviewing its involvement with the local safety camera partnership scheme and considering whether to spend its £400,000-a-year contribution elsewhere.
It follows a change in camera funding rules which means the Treasury now keeps the proceeds of fines from speed cameras
Tory councillor Peter Greenhalgh, head of highways, transport and strategic planning for Swindon, reportedly said the money should be spent on a range of local safety measures.
"These are far more effective than speed cameras which, I feel, are a blatant tax on the motorist," he said.
"They are being used as a cash cow. (We know they are) I do take exception to the positioning of some mobile speed cameras. They are designed to raise revenue.(And that's why you were all so keen to place them everywhere when you could keep it!)
"I think enough is enough. There are much more important things we as a council should do instead of acting as a law enforcement arm of this Government."
A spokesman for the Department of Transport said the funding decision was a local matter for Swindon, but added: "Safety cameras are there to save lives not to make money."
Sure they are, we believe you..................................... NOT
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