Letter: Speed cameras about revenue, not safety

YOU may remember my writing to you re the ridiculously high speeds at which drivers travel past the schools along Roughwood Road.

I received a reply from Rotherham Road Safety and along with all the hand wringing about “Cuts” it seems there must be three deaths or serious accidents on a road for measures to be taken. So, I need three volunteers...

For some reason The Police Piggy Bank Camera van is frequently stationed near to the Co-op supermarket on Fenton Road but to the best of my knowledge there has only been one fatality on the road in over 12 years!

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Then again, speed cameras have never been about safety but about revenue collection and Fenton Road is much busier than Roughwood Road; raking in the cash is obviously far more important than the safety of small children.

Clive Phillips