SPEED CAM NABS 300 EACH WEEK

Top ten traps have made councils £35m in 3 years

IT seems like everyone is using online estate agents these days. This week, the AN online estate agent’s selling point is its low cost and many sellers are saving hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds by using them.

Agents’ fees vary from 1% to 3% of the sale value, so on a house that goes for

£350,000, the seller will be charged a minimum of

£3,500 plus VAT.

This is steep compared with online agents, which can start around £99.

Prospective buyers are most likely to start their home search using the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla.

Online agents generally advertise on both, plus other associated portals, so you can be confident would-be buyers will have access to your property details at the click of a mouse.

While online has many advantages, there are certainly disadvantages, too.

You may need to conduct viewings yourself, carry out the negotiations and monitor the sale process.

Traditional agents are good on local knowledge – they know what sells in your area, what the price should be, and may already have potential buyers in mind.

And as traditional agents charge a percentage of the sale price, they will push to ensure you get the best deal.

However, online agents usually have a fixed-fee upfront pricing model so are perhaps not motivated to make as much money as possible for you. TOM Cribb’s pub still serves pints today – but that’s not what he was known for. He was Britain’s bare-knuckle boxing champion between 1809 and 1822. The pub, in London’s Soho, is decked out to celebrate his incredible sporting achievements. A SPEED camera has caught motorists some 300 times every week – and topped the table for snaring the most speeding drivers.

The digital device has gone off 51,049 times over three years.

The top 10 sites between them recorded more than 350,000 drivers breaking the speed limit – yielding as much as

£35million for councils.

The A3024 Maybray King Way camera in Southampton, which polices a 30mph limit on a dual carriageway, topped the list.

In second spot was one on the M62 in Greater Manchester between Junctions 19 and 20 where 38,836 speeding drivers have been caught between 2015 and 2017.

In Essex, the Dartford Crossing recorded

38,729 motorists breaking the limit. Roads in Suffolk, south Wales and Lincolnshire, as well as main routes near Coventry and Southend, all feature in the places where the cameras have caught the most drivers.

Hugh Bladon, a founder of the Alliance of British Drivers, said: “If a lot of people are being caught it may be that the speed limit on that road is ridiculously low.”

AA president Edmund King said: “Our NOTHING will lull you to sleep like the sound of gently lapping water.

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See bedsonboard.com. polls show that, over the last decade, more than 70% of drivers accept the use of cameras. Yet, obviously, they are not happy if they are caught or caught out.

“But a 30mph road generating the highest number of speed camera activations in England and Wales is astonishing.

“However, the Department for Transport acknowledges that speed limits should be evidence-led and it may be that the dualling of the A3024 at that point means many think it has a higher limit. It would be interesting to see how many offenders are new visitors to Southampton.”

Mr King added: “The other section of road that jumps out is the number of activations at the Dartford Crossing.

“With a major incident capable of jamming the road network across the south east of England, the number of speeders chancing their arm makes you sit up.

“There again, how many are drivers racing to get through the crossing before the Dart Charge comes into force daily?

“Perhaps if the toll was abolished, as it was supposed to be after the project was paid for, there would be fewer vehicles speeding.”