Single gatso rakes in £1.3 a year in fines!
on July 8th, 2010 at 11:28 pmA campaign group has claimed a speed camera on a Dorset road nets about £1.3m a year in fines despite one serious injury on the road since 1999. Dorset Speed said an average 1,843 motorists a month get a £60 ticket after being caught over the 30mph limit on the A350 Holes Bay Road in Poole. But Dorset Safety Camera Partnership (DSCP) said about 600,000 vehicles pass through the junction every month. It added that “only 0.26% of these drivers were prosecuted for speeding”. Ian Belchamber, who founded Dorset Speed, said the DSCP refused his Freedom of Information request claiming the data would encourage attacks on speed cameras. Mr Belchamber took the case to the Information Commissioner who released the figures. He added that the fines totalled around £108,000 a month, equating to the £1.3m figure. Mr Belchamber said: “Quite obviously, speed cameras are being deliberately used where they are going to get the maximum amount of funds and not where there’s a safety problem. More
