Speed camera error caused wrong fines for thousands

THOUSANDS of motorists have been wrongly fined for speeding since 2021, says National Highways.

- Tom Jervis

A fault with speed cameras on smart motorways meant they were triggered when drivers weren't breaking the law.

The issue largely revolves around what National Highways describes as an “anomaly” on variable speed limit cameras on major roads and smart motorways. This, it says, resulted in “a slight delay between cameras and variable speed signs, leading to some drivers being incorrectly detected as speeding after the limit had changed”.