New-look focus on speeding

THE first of the new-look speed cameras for Avon and Somerset wasunveiled today.

All the existing grey roadside camera boxes, and any new onesinstalled, will be painted to make them more visible.

The cameras will now be orange at the front so approachingmotorists can see them.

The Government has just given the Avon and Somerset Safety CameraPartnership permission for cash from camera-generated speeding finesto be used to buy extra cameras. But Ministers have insisted that thecameras must be highly visible to show motorists that the aim is tocut speed and save lives - not to make money.

The first of the new camera boxes was unveiled by Nigel …