Almost £700,000 has been paid out in fines by speeding motorists in Sefton, according to new figures.

The Southport Visiter put in a Freedom of Information request and found that this is the figure gleaned by the Merseyside Road Safety Partnership in the last five years.

And the website of Sefton council stated that such speed devices are placed at spots were there has been a track record of incidents.

"New cameras are only located where there have been four or more killed or seriously injured casualties within the previous three-year period," it said.

Project manager at Merseyside Road Safety Partnership Dave Faulkes stated that the number of fines have risen because of changes implemented.

"The cameras on the sites are the same but they weren't being used to their full capability," he told the news source.

It was recently claimed by Motorists Against Detention that new average speed cameras will have a negative affect.

Drivers caught speeding may find that their car insurance premiums are adversely impacted upon.

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