FOLLOWING the article “Use speed camera cash to save lives” (D&S Times, Mar 11), why do the Police and Crime Commissioner and North Yorkshire Police have such difficulty in producing figures to show how the money from speeding fines is spent?

Some has obviously gone to fund the five new safety camera vans which, if they are used in areas with a high rate of casualties, is no bad thing. I fail to see how camera safety vans fit in with the fight against rural crime unless of course more information than we know about is being gathered.

On the positive side, Chief Inspector Nick Hunter is more realistic when you quote him as saying that the speeding culture needs to change and that is the message councillors should be passing back to those they represent.

There are three parts to changing the behaviour of road users: example, education and enforcement. All three were once part of the daily duties of road traffic officers but since now they are almost extinct the duty must fall elsewhere.

We all have a duty of care to each other when using the roads and matters would improve if we all use a bit more common sense, show more courtesy and reacquaint ourselves with the content of the Highway Code and put it into practice.

Then we may see a reduction in the number of collisions on our roads.

Timothy Wood, Guisborough