Government's £1m smart motorway payday

More than 50,000 speeders were caught on 11 stretches of smart motorway in 2015 with £1.1m generated in fixed penalties 2016-11-09 16:00 Smart motorways have raked in over £1 million for the Government in the last year as more than 50,000 motorists were caught speeding in 2015.
A total of 52,516 fixed penalties were issued on smart motorways, including on the M1, M25 and M6. On the same stretches before smart motorway technology was installed, only 2,023 were issued in one year.
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