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Published Date: 28 July 2010
Speed cameras in Bucks could be scrapped as a result of funding cuts.
Cabinet member for transportation, Cllr Val Letheren, said the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership, which manages speed cameras in the area, could be wound up if funding is not forthcoming.

"If there is no funding forthcoming then the partnership could cease operations.

"Transport for Buckinghamshire is considering whether to suspend speed enforcement in Bucks," she added.

Buckinghamshire has a total of 51 fixed cameras and 64 mobile cameras.

Cllr Letheren added that the police were still obliged to enforce law and that the council could pay them to undertake mobile speed enforcement.

She pointed out that speed cameras cost a lot of money to maintain.

It is likely that broken cameras will not be repaired but will remain to act as a deterrent, with the council refusing to reveal which cameras are still in operation.

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  • Last Updated: 28 July 2010 1:09 PM
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JR,

29/07/2010 00:16:00
"She pointed out that speed cameras cost a lot of money to maintain."
I cannot understand why these things aren't paying for themselves.
Instead of ploughing all monies raised into road safety initiatives, fines need to be increased to cover operating costs of the cameras.
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Begamo,

29/07/2010 15:10:13
I always thought the fines people paid for the speed cameras funded them....if not where does the money go?
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JR,

29/07/2010 23:55:51
Begamo, The monies raised from fines is used to fund road safety initiatives (as far as I am aware) - but I, too, cannot see any reason why this could not be a self-funding industry.
If the fines were set at a higher level, the cameras could be paid for, their upkeep could be paid for, all staff involved in the camera system could be paid for - the only people to lose out would be speeding motorists.
If Bcc no longer wants to control them, why not hand over control to a responsible company?
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Capt Bigglesworth,

By a Speed Camera on the A413 30/07/2010 08:35:31
Money raised from fines goes directly to HMT and into the general national coffers. There is absolutely no hypothecation between any road traffic fines, from any source, and road safety initiatives. The only connection I'm aware of is the link between civil enforcement (run by councils) and council financed initiatives.
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JR,

30/07/2010 17:32:48
My OH was flashed at 32mph in a 30 zone & was offered the chance to attend an awareness course. That was the info given to her on the course.
'Road safety initiatives' could be anything from a lollypop person to having someone go into schools to the guy in charge of doodling on road maps to decide where the next mobile camera is sited.
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