IS the constant whingeing about speed cameras ever going to end? (£2.6million 'creamed off' speed fines, LET, April 8).

This is not a 'stealth-tax.' It is £2.6million worth of fines for breaking the law.

It represents total contempt for the law by motorists in Lancashire and a disregard for the lives of other road users.

Burnley MP Peter Pike commented that he would rather race 10 irate motorists who had been fined for speeding than a parent who has lost a child because of a speeding motorist.

Why not give them a choice? Pay the fine or attend the funeral of a road victim. And if you think that 4, 5, 6mph over the limit is 'nothing,' then try driving 4, 5, 6mph under the limit -- you'll soon realise that it is a lot.

N LEWIN, Ellerbeck Road, Darwen.