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Camera raking in £1,000 a day
A CCTV traffic camera in Gospel Oak that was branded a form of entrapment by residents over a year ago is still raking in more than £1,000 a day.
The camera, in Grafton Road, is positioned to capture people driving along the road at restricted times of the morning and evening.
The figures show that around 20 people a day are still falling prey to the camera, which has made more than £400,000 since the New Journal first highlighted it in October 2005.
At that time the camera was making £3,500 a day.
Martin Short, a journalist from Cannon Lane in Hampstead had a penalty overturned last year after an independent adjudicator ruled the signs were confusing.
Yesterday (Wednesday) he said: “I still think there must be an element of entrapment. People don’t wilfully go through that sign thinking they’re going to get a ticket. There must still be confusion. These things were not meant to be revenue raisers.”
The camera was introduced after a number of children and a lollipop lady from nearby Carlton school were injured in collisions with drivers.
The aim was to stop the back road being used as a rat-run route for motorists avoiding congestion on Kentish Town High Street.
A Camden press officer said: “Whilst many drivers comply with road signs there are still those who blatantly disregard them, putting their own safety and the safety of others at risk.”
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