Uproar as speed cameras appear on ‘Top Gear favourite’ road ‘to make money’

Authorities are being accused of trying to "fleece hard up motorists" after speed cameras were installed in a remote stretch of mountain road used on Top Gear.

Five average speed cameras are being put in place on what’s known as the Black Mountain Pass within Brecon Beacons National Park, near the Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot Border.

The cameras are being installed much to the dismay of some people who regularly drive on the road, considered to be one of the best driving roads in the whole of the UK.

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The rural A4069, between the villages of Brynamman to the south and Llangadog to the north, has featured in an episode of Top Gear and was a favourite of Jeremy Clarkson.

Joshua White, a motorbike rider who lives in nearby Garnant, is a motorbike rider said: "These cameras will put people off coming here – there won’t be anywhere near as much tourism coming to the area.

"The road used to be subject to a 60mph limit. My father rode on that road, and my grandfather did, and it feels like it’s been taken away from me."

He added that the decision is "going to deter a lot of tourists from coming to the community."

On a Facebook post made on a Welsh motorcycling page, one person said: “They know it’s a prime spot to make some money – not safety cameras, just revenue income cameras.”

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Another poster agreed by saying: “Big brother state. They want to control you and take your money.”

"Have no illusions, these new ridiculously-placed speed cameras are being installed for one reason only: fleecing the pockets of hard-up everyday motorists," a third said damningly.

The decision to install an average speed camera system along the stretch has been made by GoSafe – the Wales road casualty reduction partnership – and Carmarthenshire Council, who have been "working together for a number years to address the number of serious and fatal collisions" on the road.

A spokesman for GoSafe said: "All fine revenue is returned to His Majesty’s Treasury and is not used by GoSafe or highways authorities."

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