Bolton Council is addressing speeding with education – not with enforcement – after it added six speed cameras to several "hotspots". It added the speed cameras to the A579 at Hulton Lane, to the A676, and to University Way some eight months ago in April 2024.
According to the authorities, like a typical speed camera, these speed cameras report information including the registration of a vehicle and the speed of a vehicle if it is over the legal limit. However, unlike a typical speed camera, these speed cameras report the information to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for the purposes of education not for the purposes of enforcement.
The police are turning up at persistent speeders' addresses to talk to them about their speeding in an attempt to address speeding in the long term and at all locations including the locations where there are no cameras.
Bolton Council, which is in partnership with camera company Tektrans, said the result shows a reduction of 76 per cent in repeat offending between the six weeks before GMP intervention and the six weeks after GMP intervention.
Inspector Nicholas Bonson, of GMP's Bolton Prevention Hub, said: "Speed cameras are an important tool in traffic enforcement and our road safety strategy in Bolton. The installation of these six new cameras demonstrates the commitment from the whole of Bolton to reducing speeding and preventing potential serious collisions alongside our partners at the council”.
Ack: Bolton News
Ed: If the success rate is as good as reported above, that is a brilliant result.