Million pound Gatso

[turbobloke]

£££££ is the name of the game with the scamera pratnership empires.

Some more data on money raised per camera at various sites:

M6 Cheshire, Junctions 16/18. £786,780

M4 Bristol, Junctions 18/19. £700,740

M11 Theydon interchange, Essex. £667,020

M5 Bristol, Junctions 18a/17. £405,420

A45 Knightlow Hill, Warwicks. £338,940

M1 Leicester, Junctions 21/22. £326,280

M20 Wrotham, Kent. £310,020

Kerching

[james_j]

They'll manipulate their figures (no doubt by means of large salaries, bonuses and expenses etc) to make it look as if they don't make much profit.

[jwo]

Certainly not cricket, but 18,000 blind people driving - if you see a gatso make sure you know the speed limit! Clearly the camera was within the 50mph zone and one would hope the derestriction signs were clearly visible. We all know that these scameras, in the majority of instances are cash cows and nothing more.

[ronj]

Got this of MSN.
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The temporary camera, sighted by roadworks near Ferrybridge on the M62 near Leeds, West Yorkshire, has been identified by The Sun newspaper as one of a host of big-earning cameras. The speed limit was reduced to 50mph on its stretch. The newspaper has ued Freedom of Information legislation to identify the most lucrative cameras; other big cash generators include a camera on the M6 in Cheshire making £786,780 and one on the M4 between junctions 18 and 19 earning just over £700,000. A camera on the M20 at Ashford in Kent caught 656 drivers in six days, generating charges of £39,390. The newspaper claims that all speed cameras across the UK are set to raise a total of £130 million for the Treasury this year.

Speaking to MSN Cars, Edmund King of the RAC Foundation said: "Roadworks can be dangerous, and five roadworkers were killed last year on the roads so there is clearly a need to reduce speeds around them. However, this camera was there for 18 months and the question must be that it clearly wasn’t working if it clocked up so many fines and might suggest that signage of the speed limit should have been improved. It would have been clear quite quickly there was a problem. Road research has suggested for example that interactive signs that post up people’s speed might have been more effective here."
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Ron.