MORE than four out of every five motorists are speeding on some of Huddersfield’s busiest roads.

Figures just released by the Department of Transport show that on some roads the vast majority of Huddersfield drivers are ignoring fixed speed cameras and driving over the limit.

The worst road in Kirklees is the A629 Wakefield Road between Huddersfield town centre and Waterloo, which is a 30mph zone. Here some 84% of cars speed past the three cameras. The average speed is 35mph, although much of the traffic is travelling at speeds of up to 41mph.

The statistics have been collected from Kirklees’ 40 fixed speed cameras and published by the Department of Transport.

Westmaster knew where the ‘real’ speed issues are: “Continue on the A629 Penistone Road after the traffic lights Penny Lane down to Morrisons then you will see speeding, real speeding, foot hard down speeding, in both directions of course.

“No speed cameras on here, no police speed checks; this is Huddersfield’s very own race track. Try crossing it with no pelican crossings.”

But Rutland still didn’t like the theory behind cameras: “Looking at the speeds it would seem that many drivers drive below the limit and the likes of Brake would do better to campaign for better driving standards than the photographic money boxes so beloved of local authorities.

“Bad or poor driving must cause far more accidents that a mile or two over the speed limit and it is the driving standards that need to be raised not the speed limit or more yellow money boxes.”

Regular firebrand Wobblyrach, as usual, was sure of here position: “Drivers who speed are criminals. They are responsible for 28% of all deaths on the roads according to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

“You put your foot down and you kill somebody, then it is YOUR FAULT. No different to deliberately setting a fire and somebody dying as a result.

“Anyone caught speeding has proven that they have no regard for the lives of others and should never be allowed to control a deadly device again.”

It was a question of nuance for Yeton: “I have no problems with speed limits as long as they reflect 21st century vehicles and not early 19th century ones. We left the red flag and 10mph cars with minimal brakes behind a hundred years ago.”