Words / B1

SPEED-kam-uh-r-uh/ˈspiːd ˌkæmərə/

A speed camera (id: speed-camera) is a roadside camera that photographs vehicles over the limit (UK). It does not physically slow you like a speed bump. Average-speed cameras work in pairs over a stretch. Collocation: a speed camera; flashed by a speed camera. Countable.

Meaning

A roadside camera that photographs vehicles going too fast (UK).

Examples

• “Slow down; there is a speed camera after the roundabout.”
• “Yellow speed cameras are easy to spot; the grey ones on the gantry are not.”
• “He got a fine from a speed camera on the dual carriageway, not from a warden.”

Good to know

a speed camera (UK). Contrast: a speed bump / a traffic warden. flashed by a speed camera.

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