Bristol mayor George Ferguson considers switching speed cameras back on
By Emily_Koch Follow - Thursday, March 28, 2013
Bristol mayor George Ferguson is in talks with police to consider switching speed cameras back on in the city.
The city’s 37 fixed point speed cameras and traffic light cameras were switched off in April 2011 as part of a nationwide cost-cutting exercise.
It was left to local authorities to make the final decision on whether to cut the deterrents.
The Safecam partnership was abolished, leaving the cameras – 20 of which were red light cameras – switched off indefinitely.
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Mayor George Ferguson is in discussion with the Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens.
He says that certain junctions need to be made safer - and that if cameras play a part in doing that then they may need to be switched back on in some places.
But he also told the Post this morning that "nobody should assume that cameras [in Bristol] are off".
When asked about the funding, he said he didn't think anybody made money out of them, but that they also didn't lose much money because of the fines paid to police.
Mayor Ferguson said a decision should be made within the next six months.
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Clearly if the Speed Industry open up their doors then the Treasury / Police will see a lot less income from them! But then what is the point of having them at all, as even if they were only 'breaking even' there is so much harm being done to driving standards with no advantages to better road safety.