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www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004171629,00.html
1000 more Gatsos on way
By DAVID WOODING
Whitehall Editor
COPS have been told to plant speed cameras on SAFE roads — months after being ordered to stop sneaky tactics.
Secret new guidelines obtained by The Sun say police can place up to 1,000 Gatsos OUTSIDE accident blackspots.
The move revives fears that cameras are being used to raise money for Chancellor Gordon Brown. Ministers claim the traps are highly visible and are only placed on “death-trap” roads.
But the tough restrictions are relaxed in the new guidelines from the Department of Transport and police can now put 15 per cent of cameras at sites with a low record of deaths or injury crashes.
AA road safety boss Andrew Howard said last night: “This is very worrying. It is a large loophole for camera partnerships to exploit.”
Tories slammed the Government for “sneaking” out the changes.
Shadow transport boss Damian Green claimed that motorists were
being punished for driving more safely.
He said: “It is worrying that the change in the rules is buried deep down in a document that has had no publicity. This gives police a get-out to raise revenue because motorists have become safer.
"Partnerships now have an incentive to put cameras where they will rake in the most.”
1000 more Gatsos on way
By DAVID WOODING
Whitehall Editor
COPS have been told to plant speed cameras on SAFE roads — months after being ordered to stop sneaky tactics.
Secret new guidelines obtained by The Sun say police can place up to 1,000 Gatsos OUTSIDE accident blackspots.
The move revives fears that cameras are being used to raise money for Chancellor Gordon Brown. Ministers claim the traps are highly visible and are only placed on “death-trap” roads.
But the tough restrictions are relaxed in the new guidelines from the Department of Transport and police can now put 15 per cent of cameras at sites with a low record of deaths or injury crashes.
AA road safety boss Andrew Howard said last night: “This is very worrying. It is a large loophole for camera partnerships to exploit.”
Tories slammed the Government for “sneaking” out the changes.
Shadow transport boss Damian Green claimed that motorists were
being punished for driving more safely.
He said: “It is worrying that the change in the rules is buried deep down in a document that has had no publicity. This gives police a get-out to raise revenue because motorists have become safer.
"Partnerships now have an incentive to put cameras where they will rake in the most.”
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