FULL marks to the powers whoever they may be for eventually getting rid of the island and bollards on Preston New Road in Blackburn at the entrance to Nazareth House.

These had already been demolished at least twice by vehicles, the first time within 10 days of them being installed.

However, the more dangerous one at the end of Wyfordby Avenue still poses a threat.

I fully support the installation of fixed speed cameras, providing they are sited in accordance with the new government rules which came into force on June 30 this year, but apparently this does not appear to happen in the Blackburn area.

The rules say a warning sign that you are approaching a camera must be no further than one kilometre away from it and signs without a camera within that distance are not allowed.

Four people must have been killed or injured in accidents within one kilometre of the site.

The worse example of the police breaking these rules is "The monkey in the dustbin" -- an officer sitting in the back of an MPV hidden in a line of parked cars, with the camera sign on his toes when the government rule in this case is:

Units have to be visible from 100 metres -- 60 metres in 40mph limits or less -- operators have to wear fluorescent bibs, a warning sign must be placed within one kilometre and registered locations which are used at least once every two months have to be in accident black spots, though one-off sites do not.

There are many other cases where the law is being bent to raise revenue, but it would take a book to chronicle all of them.

Also, how does one know whether the police radar equipment is certified as working correctly and when it was last calibrated?

I am told there is no mention of this on a summons.

FRANK HOYLE, Stanley Gate, Mellor.