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The Times, May 15, 2005
By Emma Smith
The likelihood of motorists being sent a ticket after driving too fast past a speed camera has almost doubled in some areas.
Dummy cameras and those with no film are being replaced with "live" devices and digital cameras which need no film. The news comes in data released under the Freedom of Information Act.
In Avon and Somerset, the area with the greatest rise, 58% of cameras are live, up from 33% in 2002-3.
When speed cameras first became widespread in the late 1990s, putting film in one in eight was thought to be an adequate deterrent. Today an average of one in five cameras is live.
"This shows (the authorities) are interested in more than just creating a deterrent," said Edmund King of the RAC Foundation.
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