Meet Belfast’s millionaire traffic camera…

Nice work from the Belfast Telegraph (and another good reason for moving the Open Government agenda further down the road), who discovered that one traffic camera in Belfast has raised £1million in bus lane fines alone

Situated at Donegall Square East, it is responsible for 18,000 penalties being issued to city centre commuters in just 15 months. On an average day the bus lane will raise around £2,700.

It comes as new figures reveal the number of vehicles caught driving in the lanes has passed the 50,000 mark. In total, the cameras have generated more than £2.7m since last June.

A smart investment surely? But if they don’t share the news, then they’re not likely to change generaal behaviours.

We are reader supported. Donate to keep Slugger lit!

For over 20 years, Slugger has been an independent place for debate and new ideas. We have published over 40,000 posts and over one and a half million comments on the site. Each month we have over 70,000 readers. All this we have accomplished with only volunteers we have never had any paid staff.

Slugger does not receive any funding, and we respect our readers, so we will never run intrusive ads or sponsored posts. Instead, we are reader-supported. Help us keep Slugger independent by becoming a friend of Slugger. While we run a tight ship and no one gets paid to write, we need money to help us cover our costs.

If you like what we do, we are asking you to consider giving a monthly donation of any amount, or you can give a one-off donation. Any amount is appreciated.