EAST BELFAST NEWS:
SMILE YOU'RE ON BALLYHACKAMORE
SPEED CAMERA !

On Tuesday the 1st July 2003 the BBC reported that three Belfast roads which were described as "hotspots" for accidents have become the first areas in Northern Ireland to have fixed police speed cameras. 

One of those cameras to everyone amazement was on the Upper Newtownards Road at Ballyhackamore, in East Belfast.

Five years on ballyhack.co.uk has requested the PSNI to provide figures:

1. As to how many accidents occurred at this spot each year in the five years proceeding this cameras installation?

2. How many accidents have been recorded at this spot since the placement of this cameras?

3. How many fines for speeding were issued each year for the proceeding five years, on this stretch of the Upper Newtownards Road?

4. How many fines have been issued using the camera each year since installation?

5. How much did this camera cost to install?

6. What are the annual running costs of this camera?

ballyhack.co.uk are asking these questions on your behalf. How many East Belfast residents are being stung, in what some call a money making exercise in road safety?