Drivers sceptical of speed cameras says survey
Saturday 25th June 2011, 8:00AM BST.
Over half of Britain’s high-mileage drivers think that raising money is the primary aim of speed cameras, and only a
quarter think that speed cameras are used at sites with a bad record of crashes and injuries.
The findings are from Public Opinions of Speed Cameras, the latest research report from road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
The survey as a whole showed support for speed cameras was high, at 79 per cent, but high-mileage drivers were the least supportive with 70 per cent approval.
High-mileage drivers supported speed awareness courses as an alternative to prosecution with 77 per cent approval. The average level of support from all drivers was 70 per cent.
But they were less supportive of plans to use the revenue from such courses to fund cameras – 38 per cent of high-mileage drivers approved of using revenue from courses for this (48 per cent for all respondents) and 42 per cent actively disagreed (34 per cent for all respondents).
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