Swindon's motorists are today celebrating the demise of the town's five fixed speed cameras as the Conservative council lives up to its pledge to axe them.
Swindon cameras are switched off today
The five Swindon cameras - one on Queens Drive and two each on Oxford Road and the A420 - are being removed today and replaced with vehicle activated warning signs.
The cameras have been ditched because the Tory council says they cost Swindon taxpayers £320,000 annually to maintain, yet very little of the speeding fine revenues generated were returned to the Borough.
'In Swindon we are developing a reputation for challenging the status quo and being at the forefront of new thinking. Our sole aim is to find new and more effective ways to reduce road accidents within our current budget,' says Tory councillor Peter Greenhalgh.
The move has naturally annoyed the anti-motorist lobby, with the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents and self-appointed 'road safety' lobbyists Brake both condemning the move.
Mobile speed cameras will continue to be employed across Swindon according to Wiltshire's deputy Chief Constable David Ainsworth.