Transport minister Mike Penning has promised that funding for new speed cameras will be stopped, and that cameras will no longer be used as a cynical revenue generator.
Mr Penning told MPs last week that the government will put a stop to millions of pounds-worth of grants doled out to local authorities to help fund new speed cameras.
"'If local authorities want new cameras they are free to do so using their own resources," said Mr Penning. "But we strongly encourage them to use other methods of effective safety measures. The public must be confident speed cameras are there for road safety - not as a cash cow. Under this Government it will not be so."
Local authorities are now to be encouraged to use other road safety measures to cut deaths and injuries on Britain's roads. Under the proposals, local authorities will also have to fund new speed cameras using council tax.
Currently, the UK has more speed cameras than any other country in Europe, and they generate approximately £110million a year.