A new report shows that Speed cameras are costing the British public a staggering £150 million a year plus. The revenue coming in from fines alone come to more than £114 million and higher insurance premiums are bringing in up to £36 million. The amount of speeding convictions have trebled over the last ten years, convicting 2.2 million motorists.
Speed camera bosses have had to apologised to a farmer after they tried to fine him for doing 85 miles per hour in a tractor, it emerged today. Steve Crossman, who farms in Wiltshire, was puzzled when he received a ticket saying he had been snapped by a camera in Wales. But he was even more surprised when he realised that he was being fined for speeding in his tractor.