ABOUT 140 drivers are clocked speeding on Surrey's roads daily.
Thousands of lives are being needlessly put at risk, according to figures obtained by the Mirror, which reveal more than 150,000 motorists were caught breaking the speed limit on roads across Surrey in the last three years.
Even more concerning, the figures – which were released by Surrey Police following a Freedom of Information request – show 20,000 more drivers were caught speeding in 2012/13 than in 2010/11 – 59,938 compared with 38,938.
Sergeant Andrew Hill, of Surrey Police's road policing unit, said more needed to be done to stop drivers breaking the limit.
"While positive enforcement action has seen more people caught speeding, we will continue to educate drivers so that they don't speed in the first place.
"Speed limits are there to protect drivers and the public. Speeding wrecks lives. It is dangerous and puts everyone at risk.
"Every time you speed you take the risk and eventually you will lose, so you're better off sticking to the limit in the first place."
According to the Surrey Drive Smart website, there are 12 fixed speed cameras, mobile enforcement routes and red light violation cameras in the Reigate and Banstead borough – four of them on the A217 Brighton Road and Reigate Hill.
They form the biggest concentration of speed enforcement cameras in any borough or district in the county and amount to more than a quarter of the 47 cameras currently in operation.
It is more than the number of cameras in Tandridge, Mole Valley, Runnymede, Surrey Heath, Waverley and Woking combined.
Among the most notorious roads for speeding drivers is the A23 London Road North, in Merstham. Latest figures reveal the static camera there caught 7,603 motorists speeding in 2011: 3,952 were sent to a speed awareness course; 2,545 paid fines; and 1,106 still face prosecution.
Top five locations to be caught speeding in East Surrey: A23 London Road North, Merstham A240 Reigate Road, Burgh Heath A217 Reigate Hill, Reigate A217 Brighton Road, Tadworth A217 Brighton Road, Lower Kingswood