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The two are related - the more you can eliminate speeding, RLJ and yellow box infringements through cameras, the more you free up police time to concentrate on other things - mobile phone use, missing plates, other crappy driving. The revenue is a useful side benefit (and I say this as someone who has been caught by speed cameras in the past).
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the more you free up police time to concentrate on other thing
The last time I actually saw an RPU Officer within Zone 6, I was pulled over for not having a front plate. I haven't seen another one since then, that was about 4 years ago.
I might be wrong and I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but I think RPU numbers are decreasing, or at least not increasing in line with driver numbers.
NurseHolliday
There needs to actually be Traffic Police cars on the road to pull people over for this. Over-reliance on cameras does nothing but generate more revenue at a reduced cost.
Do you want to cause change, or make money? I am sure there is evidence that cameras do reduce injuries and deaths at specific accident "blackspots", but I welcome evidence that overall, cameras are better at reducing crime than actual Police personnel, out on the roads, policing.