A man rushing to NowDoc with his sick daughter was forced to slow down to avoid speed vans on the outskirts of Carndonagh.
The incident has led local councillor Ciaran McLaughlin to call for a review of speed cameras across Inishowen.
The Buncrana Town Councillor revealed the man was driving at Molly’s Brae outside Carn but because he was going downhill at a 60kmp zone, he was forced to brake when he saw the speed van.
Cllr McLaughlin said “Questions need to be asked. Is this a sneaky place for a speed van?
“How many accidents have occurred at this spot? Is this just a money making scheme?”
He added that motorists have a right to know whether local speed
cameras are justified, are they making the roads safer or are they just raising money?
He referred to an RTE news report in July of this year which claimed that the Xavier McAuliffe consortium, the speed vans operators, made €48,000 profit per week with the speed van cameras.
“I will be bringing this to the attention of my Sinn Fein colleague
Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn as I believe questions have to be asked,” he said.
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