Flashed and furious: Swiss speed cams produce thousands of erroneous fines

Pedestrians and traffic in Bern, Switzerland. Traffic cops noticed an above-average number of speed violations in the four locations, where cameras were using a particular 2.2-metre configuration, while ‘more and more of those people affected came forward’ with concerns. — Photo by Melina Kiefer on Unsplash

GENEVA: Swiss police admitted on Nov 27 that faulty speed cameras in the capital Bern resulted in nearly 10,000 erroneous fines being issued in little over a month.

Thanks to a software error, four new speed cameras were racking up so many infractions that the police themselves suspected something was amiss.