PROOF - Speed cameras LIE about your speed

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The RAC are now calling for speed cameras to be switched OFF as motorcyclist exposes major flaw.

A major technical fault has been discovered in Gatso speed cameras whereby in some conditions, the cameras can be triggered by the wrong vehicle.

Motorcyclist Bryn Carlyon was flashed - apparently doing 46mph when he was only travelling 18mph.

Gatso cameras are a Dutch design and are imported by UK based company Serco who, admitted to the Daily Mail the radar based cameras can be affected by "vibrations" on the back of vehicles or by oncoming traffic nad these cameras are not 100% reliable.

In this case, the camera was triggered by the oncoming bus and Bryn Carlyon was able to prove his speed by fighting the system for several months and obtaining these (thank you to Paul Lee for these pictures) photographs. These photos should have been checked by the safety SCAMera partnership to confirm the cameras results. By using the secondary markers on the road (these are the horizontal lines you can see on the carriageway) Mr Carlyon was able to calculate his speed by measuring the distance he travelled in the half second between the two photographs. This allowed him to calculate his speed to be around 18mph and certainly no more than 26mph. This is a 30mph zone.

Mr Carlyon has received an official apology from the Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership and they admitted the bus on the other side of the road may have caused the camera's radar to give a false reading.

Gatsos make up 85% of the UK road SCAMeras. There are around 6, 000 speed cameras in the UK and these catch more than 2 million speeding motorists every year and rake in a staggering £120, 000, 000 in revenue!

Anti-speed campaigner, Paul Smith of Safe Speed, said "It is well known that radar cameras are prone to malfunction, which is why two pictures are taken".

Serco spokesman, Michael Clarke said "Ocassionally, an unusual combination or circumstances can produce a false reading by the radar, triggering the cameras operation. The photographs are the ultimate proof of speed and should always be checked by the operator before fines are issued."

The Department of Transport has promised to look into the case.