Bedford Driving Lessons

For such an innocuous stretch of motorway, it is fast gaining a fearsome reputation. In little more than five weeks, this three-mile length of road cutting through the scenic borderlands of North-West England has smashed the British record for speed camera victims. An astonishing 5,569 motorists have been caught breaking the 50mph speed limit by the fixed cameras at roadworks at a junction of the M6 near Carlisle With each motorist set to receive a minimum fixed penalty fine of £60, the cameras have already raked in more than £334,000. And with three weeks of work to go, they are set to bring in fines of more than £500,000 in just two months – the equivalent of £3million a year. The previous record was held by a camera on the M11, which raked in £1million a year. Angry motoring groups say the huge number of victims is proof that speed cameras – which earn more than £100million in fines a year – are being used as a ‘cash cow’ by the Government. Nigel Humphries, of the Association of British Drivers, said: ‘This has to be the worst case we have heard of. ‘There is a bad one on the M11 but it is nothing like this – this is appalling and the speed cameras must be sited wrongly to have clocked so many speeding drivers.’ More