The Automobile Association (AA) is calling for an alternative to paying speeding fines, as police reveal tickets issued last year hit a three-year high.
Fines in 2017 created a staggering $74 million in revenue, which looks set to climb even higher as more speed cameras are rolled out.
The busiest speed camera in the country is in West Auckland, generating 5500 tickets worth almost half a million dollars.
In the past six months alone more than 205,000 tickets were issued - already surpassing last year's high.
"There's been a slight increase for the first six months of 2018 because we put in new speed cameras or safe speed cameras out into the districts," Inspector Peter McKennie says.
The AA wants warning signs at all fixed camera sights and is calling for education over stinging drivers in the wallet.
"Maybe we need to do what some other countries do and that is for repeat speed offenders give them the option instead of paying the fine, that they can actually go on a course and waive the fee.
"Speed cameras won't work if people are getting tickets two weeks later in the mail and it's too late for people to change their behaviour," AA spokeman Mark Stockdale told 1 NEWS.
However, police say they've already been showing leniency.
"We've applied a measured enforcement approach to those new cameras sending out some warning letters for some low-end speed to educate people," Inspector Peter McKennie says.
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