{"id":87295,"date":"2023-11-02T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87295"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:16:46","slug":"council-workers-stung-by-speed-camera-set-up-by-their-own-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/council-workers-stung-by-speed-camera-set-up-by-their-own-bosses\/","title":{"rendered":"Council workers stung by speed camera set up by their own bosses"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than 30 council workers have been stung by a new speed camera their own bosses put in place without making it clear with signage that the camera had been set up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The speed camera device was positioned at a busy junction to catch out drivers breaking the 30mph limit on busy city roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But also caught out were the council’s own staff, with 38 notices of intended prosecution issued to Cardiff council vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new move faced a backlash from councilors who claimed that motorists were getting caught out due to a lack of signage in the first week.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cllr Caro Wild, cabinet member for climate change at Cardiff Council, said council vehicles were snapped at Western Avenue junction in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
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The speed camera was put in place by council bosses\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A freedom of information request showed more than 4,200 notices had been dished out in a week<\/p>\n
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The number of notices fell by 623 the following week when signage was put in place<\/p>\n
A freedom of information request made to South Wales Police found that 4,293 Notices of Intended Prosecution between June 26 to July 3.<\/p>\n
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Conservative councilor Sean Driscoll said that if drivers were alerted then fines would decrease<\/p>\n
A new speed limit sign was then attacked to the camera by July 3 – and the number of notices dropped to just 623 for the following week.<\/p>\n
Conservative councilor Sean Driscoll said: ‘This clearly shows that if the vast majority of drivers were alerted to the changes, less people would have been fined, including possibly some of our hard pressed staff.’<\/p>\n
Western Avenue has been a 30mph zone since 2021 a red warning sign on the bridge before the speed camera.<\/p>\n
But drivers argued the sign was not clear enough and that its bilingual format made it difficult to read as they drove past.<\/p>\n
Cardiff Council said motorists should know that street lighting indicates a 30mph zone is in place as outlined in the Highway Code.<\/p>\n