Town may cut speed camera funding in UK Chat http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20793093 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:32:52 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:32:52 EDT Re: Town may cut speed camera funding http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20794560 pauldenton :
said by poacher 1rtd See Profile :

Will all councils go the same way?
very possibly, given the key point in that article:
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Tory-run Swindon Borough Council currently spends about £400,000 to fund speed cameras in the town.

Its leader, Roderick Bluh, said cash from fines goes to central government and there could be better ways to cut the number of accidents on roads.
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"All of the fines that are collected go back through national government. So we don't get the fines to reinvest.
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The move follows a shake-up of speed camera funding rules which mean the Treasury keeps proceeds of fines and then makes road-safety grants to councils.


now that the council(s) no longer recieve any of the fine revenue, their removal will result in lower council tax... about £5 a year would by my calculation {about 79k properties paying council tax in Swindon...}]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20794560 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:51:54 EDT Town may cut speed camera funding http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20793093 poacher 1rtd : Will all councils go the same way?

A council could stop paying for speed cameras because it says they might not be the best way to make roads safer.

Peter Greenhalgh, said the money spent on cameras could be spent on local safety measures instead.

"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. I do take exception to the positioning of some mobile speed cameras. They are designed to raise revenue.

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