Here we go again facing the the return of hidden speed cameras after Britain’s top traffic policeman said that more lives would be saved if drivers were unable to predict where they could be caught.Med Hughes, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, and head of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers, has opened the way for forces to stop painting cameras yellow or informing drivers where they will be using mobile camera vans.
Until April, policy allowed Police to keep part of the fine. In return, they had to abide by a set of rules, including a requirement for cameras to be conspicuous and clearly signposted.
The Government changed the system after protests that police had a financial incentive to catch drivers. The Police now receive a fixed grant but they are no longer bound by the rules that stated that “camera housings must be coloured yellow” and be visible from 60 metres (197ft) on a road with a 40mph limit or less and 100 metres on other roads.
The rules also required Police to publicise the location of mobile cameras. North Wales Police Force have already stopped publishing details of where it is carrying out speed enforcement.
Another rule that has ceased to apply had required Police to focus almost all their enforcement on roads where there had been several deaths or serious injuries. North Wales and Cumbria now focus on roads which they believe to be dangerous but where there have been no serious crashes.
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