The speed camera on Kennedy Rd in Napier has issued more than 1300 speeding notices in the past year, making it the busiest in Hawke's Bay, but the AA warns this does not mean it's a success.
Figures released to Hawke's Bay Today under the Official Information Act show the Kennedy Rd camera, between Riverbend Rd and Konini Crescent, has snapped 1304 notices for speeding during the past year, while the second busiest was the Pakowhai Road camera, issuing 1069.
AA spokesman Simon Lambourne said although there were many critics of speed cameras, the cameras did "reduce crashes and save lives".
But he questioned whether the cameras netting more than 1000 tickets in a year were doing their job correctly.
"That's a huge number of motorists speeding and, therefore, getting tickets," he said. "The whole point of having a camera there is to slow people down."