NSC welcomes speed camera plan in bid to cut road deaths

THE National Safety Council (NSC) yesterday welcomed the Government’s long-awaited plan to privatise speed cameras in a bid to cut road deaths.

NSC chairman Eddie Shaw said this is a positive step because speed cameras have a proven track record of substantially reducing road deaths in Britain and the Australian state of Victoria.

The latest figures show that 32 people die every month on our roads and speed is a major factor in three quarters of these fatalities, according to Mr Shaw.