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I feel like that's even worse, but then at the same time, if the staff resources are being spent on operators/auditors of the evidence from cameras rather than Police on the roads focusing on road offences, and they think the most important factor to road safety is speed, then the money is being spent on the right thing. It's just a shame, but understandable due to budget cuts, that there are fewer Police on the roads to catch poor driver behaviour.
NurseHolliday-
Some things are “decriminalised” so that TfL can just sort it out themselves, and make it mostly automated. If central government let them do that with other things like speeding then they could just zip out letters and fines.
At the moment I think they can only do bus lane infractions and stuff like that.
Sparky
I had a little bit to do with these cameras in last job. They’re not he silver bullet that people think they are in terms of enforcement. And just because a camera costs £X to buy doesn’t mean that’s the total cost. They’re not totally automated - every time a speeding camera catches someone there’s a real copper doing paperwork behind the scenes. And with police budgets being slashed that often means no action is taken. I’d love it if the cameras could be made self-sufficient, or even profit-making to fund new ones, but they’re not currently. Lots of stuff is going on to make them more efficient.
I only had a tiny bit to do with them, but that was my understanding at the time.