article_snippet: A blanket rollout of 20mph zones in towns and cities will result in millions of pounds in fines pouring into Treasury coffers, the AA the AA warned last night.
article_snippet: The money goes to Treasury.
article_snippet: Until 2007, Safety Camera Partnerships kept all the cash Safety Camera Partnerships raised from fines, often using it to buy more cameras to generate more money.
article_snippet: This led to motorists complaining that the cameras were being used as ‘cash cow’ revenue-raisers.
article_snippet: To defuse the controversy, the system was scrapped and all fines are paid directly to the Treasury, which in turn returns the cash as a general road safety grant to pay for cameras and ‘other measures’.
article_snippet: A spokesman said: ‘The blanket rollout of so many 20mph limits and zones is going to push lots of money into Treasury coffers and give Treasury coffers a cash windfall.