Speed cameras, or ?safety cameras?, as the five-0 like to call them seem to be cropping up left right and centre. And if your local boozer is anything like the one I drink in, you?ll have heard all sorts of theories about how fast you can get away riding (or driving) through them. But now, we need speculate no more, thanks to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent in by Riverdale Leasing.

Riverdale Leasing discovered that 6,000 people have asked what the speed camera threshold in their area is, so they decided to do something about it. The FOI was sent in to all 43 police constabularies in the UK and 21 of them responded. Out of the ones that did respond, most of them (57%) said that their speed cameras will let you get away 10% plus 2mph.

So that?s 35mph in a 30mph zone, 46mph in a 40mph zone, 57mph in a 50mph zone, etc.
Some authorities, like Lincolnshire in particular, are a lot tighter with it. In Lincolnshire, you?re only allowed to be 2mph over the limit.

Other regions said they that there is no official threshold and that officers are expected to use their own discretion.

Quite a few of them said that they weren?t prepared to divulge the information to the public. Spoil sports.

Below is what each of the separate police forces said when asked about their speed cameras? Well, the ones that replied, anyway:

Speed Camera Thresholds by Authority

Police ConstabularySpeed Camera Activation ThresholdAvon & Somerset10% + 2 mphCity of Londo...