New speed cameras installed in Devon and Cornwall have caught 3,200 speeding drivers within 15 days, police have revealed.
Devon and Cornwall Police installed four new bi-directional speed cameras across the two counties in June. One camera has been activated about 120 times per day, while another detected a driver travelling at 73mph on a 30mph road.
The cameras are located in Exmouth, Totnes, St Ann's Chapel and Drakewalls. Police said all these routes have had problems with speeding vehicles and accidents.
In total, the four cameras, operational for between seven and 15 days, detected 3,280 vehicles speeding. Adrian Leisk, head of road safety for Devon and Cornwall Police, expressed disappointment at the high number of speeding drivers, noting that all cameras are in 30mph zones and two have caught drivers travelling at more than double the limit.
Leisk said: 'We've gone to great lengths to publicise that these new cameras have been installed at these locations, where they are sited in full view on bright yellow poles. It is disappointing drivers continue to put their own and other people's lives at risk by failing to comply with speed limits.'
