THE ORGANISATION in control of speed cameras in Emsworth tracking the average speed of cars on the A27 is refusing to reveal how many motorists have been fined for speeding.
The Safer Roads Partnership is responsible for the 'yellow vultures' which have been put up on both the A27 and M27 to lower the average speed of motorists and protect workers carrying out roadworks.
It has meant the speed limit has been reduced t
o 40mph on the A27 between the Broadmarsh junction and Emsworth.
But the partnership will not release details on how many people have been prosecuted for breaking the limit.
It said it would eventually release the number of tickets, but only when roadworks are finished.
Until then it will only give indications of average speeds in the affected areas.
Most motorists in the Emsworth stretch have been keeping within the 40mph limit, with an average speed of 37mph.
The partnership revealed the cameras were not always turned on.
Spokesman Julian Hewitt said: "We don't have all our cameras working all the time, and we vary the times of enforcement according to the speeds and accidents on that road.
"There are some cameras that don't have that much enforcement but do their job. We don't want people knowing if a camera is being used.
"We don't have the pre-occupation with ticket numbers that the media have. There's an underlying assumption about them being there to raise money, but as far as we are concerned, the fewer tickets we issue, the better the camera is doing its job."
The full article contains 268 words and appears in OS-Chichester Observer newspaper.
