ADT 'does not exclude' installing dummy speed cameras

The Malta Transport Authority does not exclude installing dummy speed cameras to slow down traffic or move present cameras around without notice "in the interest of safer roads".

Speaking to The Times, the authority's traffic expert, David Sutton, said that in Malta, unlike many other countries, motorists were given clear advance warning of a speed camera and the speed limit.

"This in itself is probably too generous as it transmits the counter idea that it is ok to drive at speed where there are no cameras. This is why several traffic enforcement authorities in Europe move cameras around without warning or put up fake cameras in full view of motorists who slow down because of the risk of being fined even if, unknown to them, such risk does not exist. ADT has not yet adopted these practices in Malta but does not exclude doing so if these are found to be in the interest of safer roads," he said.

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