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Originally Posted by dellwear
Can I just check something? From what I've read in the local paper the funds raised from speeding fines is ring fenced to go back into road safety work, if this is the case then what does this have to do with the police force making money?  Chim can you confirm this either way if you're about? |
Well I just found this about our local "Safety Camera (cos you know they aren't just speed cameras
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http://www.lscp.org.uk/faqs.asp
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Are cameras installed to generate revenue?
No.
The success of the LSCP is NOT measured by the amount of revenue collected. Some of the revenue is claimed back by the LSCP to fund operational costs, publicity and road safety education. All of the remaining revenue is retained by the Treasury. We measure our success in terms of casualty reduction. Falling revenue means that motorists are slowing down and that we have achieved safety benefits.
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So basically here a percentage of the fine gets recycled into local safety education, projects, publicity etc and the rest goes to the government. Now what percentage that is I don't know but since the local road safety unit can't seem to afford to keep it's staffing levels at the correct numbers or the road engineers do very necessary road improvements I'm assuming that the treasury gets about 2/3 of it.