{"id":121050,"date":"2023-11-06T17:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121050"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:22:37","slug":"im-a-car-expert-hundreds-of-speed-cameras-in-the-uk-should-be-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/auto-news\/im-a-car-expert-hundreds-of-speed-cameras-in-the-uk-should-be-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m a car expert – hundreds of speed cameras in the UK should be removed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humberside road safety officer shows inside speed camera van<\/h3>\n

Hundreds of speed cameras across the UK should be removed for one vital reason, according to a leading road safety expert.<\/p>\n

Gary Digva, founder of Road Angel, has called for local authorities to remove almost 500 cameras which are inactive and do not work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Digva said inactive cameras served no purpose and could be a distraction to motorists on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The group also warned that having inactive cameras in place also has the potential to cause a major accident.<\/p>\n

It comes after a recent Freedom of Information request revealed a staggering 46 percent of fixed speed cameras were not switched on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/strong> Over two million drivers could be wrongly fined by speed cameras<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Analysis of the data shows that a whopping 496 devices were not working out of 1069 across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Digva explained: \u201cWe believe if speed cameras are in place then they should be operating. Inactive speed cameras serve no purpose other than to confuse motorists and other road users and could even be dangerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we decided to make a Freedom of Information Request to the Department of Transport to find out exactly how many fixed speed cameras are actually working out there on our roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were shocked when our FOI request revealed that almost half of fixed cameras weren\u2019t actually working.<\/p>\n

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