TimMy trusty Canon Ixus 500 camera couldn't resist having a go at getting a shot of the flashing light last night as I was passing by..but sadly, the operator, failed!!The light flashed some 12 times over a 15 minute period..and yet the traffic flow was light! It flashed when vehicles passed by at excessive speed.In addition, as Sarah said, it also perhaps flashes if someone breaks the lights..too early or too late!Multiply that rate up to 50 an hour, or 1000 per week, and that equals 250,000 times a year.Even if only half pay a £100 fine we're talking of raising £12,500,000 (12.5 million) a year. Nice litte earner for one piece of street furniture!Finding myself newly walking and cycling around the Borough these days..one does have a different perspective about the excessive speed of some cars and motor cyclists!!
Jim Lawes ● 6565d