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I have recently received a NIP for doing 37mph in a 30mph zone on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I was clocked by a mobile camera. As everyone always says - I thought it was a 40 zone...but honest I did!! It is a nice wide, straight road and the only reason I can think there may be a need for a camera is that there is a school further down the road - but as I say this was on a Sunday afternoon.

I have checked on the relevant Safety camera partnership website, www.slowitdown.co.uk to find out why a camera is necessary there - the site in question is marked as 'casualty prevention site'. They give the following explanation of this:

"The Government allows partnerships to utilise 15% of its time for carrying out mobile camera enforcement at routes that do not quite fulfil the criteria to qualify as a fixed or mobile camera site. These sites, which are known as Casualty Prevention Sites (15% Sites), have a recognised speeding problem but do not meet the criteria in relation to casualties.

Although the Government allows this type of speed enforcement at sites that have not experienced any casualties, the Derbyshire partnership has taken the stance that there must have been at least one personal injury collision at each site. This particular aspect of safety camera enforcement is very much in demand by members of the community and local police officers so some prioritisation of vulnerable sites must be made.

The partnership currently has a number of Casualty Prevention Sites that are monitored by a mobile safety camera on an average of once every month."

There is a link to a pdf giving details of speed survey results but this actually gives statistics for another road by mistake. I have emailed the partership for details as to why a camera is necessary there and for the correct speed survey results, I am awaiting a reply. I don't have any points on my licence and am willing to pay the fine but I can't help but feel that this is a revenue earning excercise by the Police who are preying on easy targets - I would bet money they prevented no accidents on that day.

Section 6.1.2 of http://www.slowitdown.co.uk/docs/cases/ ... ion_22.pdf states that the partnership should keep detailed records of a clearly documented case for an exceptional site - would a lack of evidence/documentation of this affect my case in that the mobile camera should not have been there in the first place? And better still ensure that they can't use this site again in the future?

Any info or advice on this subject would be gratefully received...Other than 'shut up and pay the fine'

Certainly don't do that!

Get yourself over to Pepipoo (link in sticky at the top of this forum) and get the latest advice on mobile enforcement and how to fight your case.

Take your time admitting to driving.

Why did you think that? Is the signage not clear?