Locals livid as one London traffic camera rakes in nearly £1million from fines in 2 years

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READ MORE: Tributes pour in after three 'truly amazing' teens die in horror car crash One enraged driver remarked: "I had no idea it was there because the setting of the planters [on the road] was so wide and the signage so high."But Islington Council’s transport spokesman Rowena Champion defended the camera and the low-traffic neighbourhood, saying: “We’re committed to creating a cleaner, greener, healthier borough, where it is easier for everyone to travel.“We work hard to make sure signage is adequate, unambiguous and compliant with regulations, to provide advance warning for drivers."Through the people-friendly streets programme, the council is making it easier for the 70 percent of households that do not own a car to walk, cycle, scoot and use buggies and wheelchairs."Over the course of 18 months the council has collected a whopping £900,000 in fines since the camera was put up in 2021, a Freedom of Information request revealed.And although low-traffic neighbourhoods have been touted as a great way of controlling air quality in major cities, even some politicians have slammed the camera.

President of Islington Conservatives Rakhia Ismail told the Sun : "To make that amount of money from just one camera, especially in the middle of a cost of living crisis, is really shameful. "They are picking the pockets of vulnerable residents who are already struggling."They are just interested in the money, not how it affects local people." This news comes shortly after AA publicly busted myths on how speed cameras work, advising drivers "you shouldn't be trying to avoid getting caught", GloucestershireLive reports.