Speeding Fines Reach Record Low in Dumfries and Galloway

Source BBC, 24th August 2010

The number of speeding fines issued in Dumfries and Galloway has dropped to its lowest level in the past seven years.

A record high just shy of 18,000 fixed penalty notices - worth nearly £1.1m - were issued between 2004 and 2005. However, in the last 12 months just 4,600 speeding fines were handed out with a total value of just £280,000.

A spokesman for the safety camera partnership said that the figures "dispelled the myth" that cameras were used to generate revenue. Stuart Hamilton said there were several factors which had contributed to the decline. He said the impact of the ongoing operation of the cameras, an education programme and extreme bad weather had all played a part.