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At the beginning of September, a number of county councils across Britain made the decision to turn off their speed cameras, to save money and keep residents happier. It was thought that the speed cameras would have no negative impact on the speeding and other motoring offences in the towns, but it seems that a negative effect has been seen in Oxfordshire, on e of the first counties to turn off the cameras.
Seventy two cameras were switched off in September, and eighty nine mobile units were decommissioned, but the Safe roads partnership have claimed that after this occurrence, speeding is up by eighty weight percent in the county.
A county council spokesman said: "We've been in discussion with our partners at Thames Valley Police and we're close to an agreement to have the cameras switched back on in the future. We look forward to being able to reveal the detail of that agreement in future weeks."
Initially it looked as if this was a great thing to have happened; with people being aware of their speeds, and councils saving money on the roads.
After a few days of motorists respecting the speeding laws however, they started to flout them, and accidents are now up considerable, with localities needing to reign in the empty state behaviour.
Cameras have now been switched back on this week, to try and reduce the speeds and bring the limits back in control.
If you are driving on Britain's roads, make sure that you have Car Insurance and watch the speed limit in the area you are driving in.
