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Mancunian motorists have become familiar with the sight of speed cameras, first appearing on British roads in 1992.

Most drivers know where speed cameras are on their regular routes, with Manchester’s network of motorways, busy A-roads, and orbital routes policed by camera.

But few fully understand the reach the cameras have.

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More than 250 traffic cameras have been installed in Greater Manchester, and there are hundreds more ‘mobile locations’ where the police can enforce the limits temporarily.

Manchester is the borough with the most cameras, with 57 out of the region’s 262.

A major change to camera enforcement was rolled-out only last year, when new council-run ‘moving traffic offence’ cameras, began policing rules on yel

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