"As many as 12 million drivers receive a penalty notice each year, a study by the RAC Foundation found, the equivalent of one every 2.5 seconds," the study said. "It means almost a third of Britain's 40 million motorists are now receiving a penalty notice annually, bringing in more than £800 million in revenue." Some 1.2 million drivers who are now attending speed awareness courses instead of receiving a penalty and points on their licences are outside this figure. Dr Snow also estimated that "police forces were making around £25 million per year from fixed penalty notices." The city council official, however, said that the cameras were "not about making money" but to change motorists' behaviour.

Source: bd News24 October 26, 2017 20:26 UTC