"Speed cameras have become a figure of derision among motorists..most tend to believe they are more about revenue than they are about safety"

This quote from Adrian Tink of the RAC(UK) was highlighted on the front page of the UK Sunday Times.

Certainly speed cameras in Malta have done very little to improve safety. Everyone knows where they are. People predictably slow down as they approach them and speed up afterwards.
 
There are a horrifying number of accidents here that often involve young men behind the wheel, and these are never properly targeted and re- educated to prevent such a volume of incidents.

The sheer volume of accidents even along Tower Road, Sliema ( which is certainly not a freeway) on summer evenings is testimony to the lack of care taken on our roads.

Despite a mammoth organisation called A.D.T with mammoth salaries for the top fat cats, Malta's cars are still lethal and produce a veryhigh rate of accidents.

A leading safety expert told us that "while it is true the Maltese love their cars, and the sheer volume of cars bears testimony to this we have to seriously accept and tackle the challenges and dangers that
this number of cars has produced."

Strategically placed speed cameras in Malta too, are mainly seen as a source of revenue and not a mechanism to increase safety.