MORE Lancashire roads will be targeted by ‘sneaky’ mobile speed cameras from 2012.

But road safety chiefs insist they ‘will not rest’ until the number of casualties is reduced.

Lancashire County Council’s new approach to mobile speed enforcement will mean an increase in the number of mobile camera locations, which is currently around 50, and ‘sites of community concern’.

But the new ‘Roadwatch’ project has done away with warning signs for drivers.

It will focus on entire lengths of roads, such as the A666.

County Coun Tim Ashton, cabinet member for highways and transport, explained that the new scheme followed a review of fixed cameras which showed 17 per cent failed to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured at their locations.

He said: “I was dismayed at the results and asked the police to have a look at new sites where there were particular problems.

“The bottom line is if you are not speeding, you won’t get caught.”

He added: “It is not a war on motorists, it is a war against accidents.

"I will not rest until I’ve got it down to an absolute minimum.”

Coun Ashton said the extra cameras won’t cost more because the £1.3million budget is being used ‘more efficiently’ with less wasted on ineffective fixed sites.

More resources will be put into responding to residents' requests and sending mobile cameras around the county.

The scheme has already been rolled out in Lancaster and Wyre, with 13 new sites.

Coun Ashton added: “This is about reducing casualties.

"It is not a war on motorists, it is a war against accidents.

"I will not rest until I’ve got it down to an absolute minimum.”

Ian Taylor, spokesman for the Association of British Drivers, said: “We’ve always been against the hidden sneaky cameras.

“Will these new sites be based on genuine bad accident records or just community concern? Because everybody thinks people drive too fast past their own house.

“Some people may believe they are acting in the interests of road safety, but the facts and figures don’t bare that out.”