TimesOnline: Fewer speed camera fines as police lose right to cash
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TimesOnline: Fewer speed camera fines as police lose right to cash[^]
There was a big fall in the number of speed-camera penalties after police and local authorities lost the right to keep the proceeds. ...
Ah! So even agents and departments of the state respond to capital incentives?
... Ministers admitted in 2005 that allowing police to keep some of the money created a perception among drivers that cameras were being used to raise revenue, not just to save lives. ...
Ya' think? Now, in between the two sections I've quoted above, is this:
... In 2007, 1.26 million fixed penalties were issued — down 370,000, or 23 per cent, on the previous year. Over the same period, road deaths fell below 3,000 for the first time, down 226 to 2,946. Until April 1, 2007, camera partnerships operated by police and local authorities were allowed to keep a proportion of fines to pay for more cameras. Since then, they have received a fixed amount for all aspects of road safety. The drop in fines suggests that police chiefs decided to put fewer resources into speed enforcement when they stopped being able to recover the costs of installing and operating cameras. Many camera housings are being left empty and some forces have reduced their use of camera vans. ...
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TimesOnline: Fewer speed camera fines as police lose right to cash[^]
There was a big fall in the number of speed-camera penalties after police and local authorities lost the right to keep the proceeds. ...
Ah! So even agents and departments of the state respond to capital incentives?
... Ministers admitted in 2005 that allowing police to keep some of the money created a perception among drivers that cameras were being used to raise revenue, not just to save lives. ...
Ya' think? Now, in between the two sections I've quoted above, is this:
... In 2007, 1.26 million fixed penalties were issued — down 370,000, or 23 per cent, on the previous year. Over the same period, road deaths fell below 3,000 for the first time, down 226 to 2,946. Until April 1, 2007, camera partnerships operated by police and local authorities were allowed to keep a proportion of fines to pay for more cameras. Since then, they have received a fixed amount for all aspects of road safety. The drop in fines suggests that police chiefs decided to put fewer resources into speed enforcement when they stopped being able to recover the costs of installing and operating cameras. Many camera housings are being left empty and some forces have reduced their use of camera vans. ...
They're actually just scared after that incident in the US where a disgruntled man shot up a radar van, thinking it was unmanned, when it actually had a man inside.
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