Police statement after mobile speed camera seen yards from new AI fixed camera

Staffordshire Police has issued a statement after a mobile speed camera was spotted yards from a new fixed AI camera on a busy road. The speed camera van was spotted on the A449 Moss Pit in Stafford earlier this month.

It was parked on a grass verge at the side of the road, around 160m away from a fixed speed camera that’s already further along the road. The van was positioned in the dip of a hill where motorists come off a railway bridge before embarking up a hill, with this section of the road having a 30mph speed limit.

Staffordshire^[1] Police said the mobile speed camera was used to encourage motorists’ compliance with speed limits. A spokesperson for Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership said: “It is important that road users maintain a safe speed on all roads, driving to the conditions. Speed limits are a maximum on any given stretch of road.

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“We use a blended enforcement approach which can include using both fixed and mobile cameras on the same road. All of our enforcement activity aims to support road safety by encouraging compliance with speed limits.”