Omah
13-11-2012, 03:58 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20309794
Plans to switch off all West Midlands fixed speed cameras are an "unfortunate illustration" of how budget pressures are jeopardising road safety services, a safety expert said.
About two thirds of the 304 speed cameras in the police force's area have already been turned off.
But from April only mobile speed cameras will be used.
Kevin Clinton, from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said casualty figures showed cameras worked.
The move, which involves switching off all fixed cameras in Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country and Coventry, is expected to save about £1m a year.
Save £1m - the resultant increase in accidents will cost many more times that figure ..... :sad:
Plans to switch off all West Midlands fixed speed cameras are an "unfortunate illustration" of how budget pressures are jeopardising road safety services, a safety expert said.
About two thirds of the 304 speed cameras in the police force's area have already been turned off.
But from April only mobile speed cameras will be used.
Kevin Clinton, from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said casualty figures showed cameras worked.
The move, which involves switching off all fixed cameras in Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country and Coventry, is expected to save about £1m a year.
Save £1m - the resultant increase in accidents will cost many more times that figure ..... :sad: