Judge hits out at speed camera operator’s "complete waste of public money"

A situation whereby speed-camera operators who come to court but fail to prosecute alleged speeding motorists for “one bad reason after another” has been described as “a complete waste of public money” by one judge.

The GoSafe consortium secured the €80m Garda contract to operate the network of speed camera vans in 2009.

At Kilrush District Court yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan lambasted the private firm. “I am reaching the point where I believe I should refuse to entertain these matters because of the time wasted in court,” he said. “This country can’t afford it.”