Big yellow speed cameras

crublue1 said:
No, I read it, but I kind of knew there was a personal agenda attached.
I wholeheartedly agree that speed should be sensibly reduced and enforced where necessary (see my earlier post on the Welsh 20mph limit)
The reason I didn't address the second half of your post was because I never mentioned civil liberties in any of my replies
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so you didn't notice that I referred to the OP that you were commenting on. If wanting to see the speeding laws upheld and safety on our roads is a "personal agenda" I'll take that
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Sometimes cameras are placed where they get the most revenue (not the best safety benefit) and the police are not happy about this.

www.driving.co.uk

Speed cameras placed in areas to increase revenue rather than reduce accidents, says watchdog

A police watchdog has found that some speed cameras are being used as a means of making money rather than as a safety tool.
www.driving.co.uk www.driving.co.uk

To make matters worse the money taken from camera speeding fines goes into a Consolidated Fund which the Government uses for general spending and none of this cash is ringfenced for road safety measures. The Government took £391m in camera revenue in the last five years at the same time as it was cutting the numbers of traffic police.
It is basically another form of taxation. I would have no problem with any of this if the money taken was used to boost road safety or even repair our crumbling roads.

www.express.co.uk

Speed cameras rake in £391million from driving fines in five years

UK police, councils and transport authorities have spent £28.7million over five years maintaining the country's network of 3,328 fixed speed cameras and 807 average camera schemes, bringing in millions of pounds worth of profit.
www.express.co.uk www.express.co.uk
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Not too sure if I am correct with this but don't the police keep the money from speed awareness courses and is one reason they run them. Well maybe the main reason;-)
 
bluethrunthru said:
so you didn't notice that I referred to the OP that you were commenting on. If wanting to see the speeding laws upheld and safety on our roads is a "personal agenda" I'll take that
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I don't understand your first sentence.
And your twisting to arrive at "I'll take that" is quite something, considering we don't actually disagree about anything.
 
m7mcfc said:
These so called smart motorways were the worst idea ever. Which government prick sanctioned these?....and the cost.
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Why were they the worst idea ever, other than the media not liking them?

What was the alternative and what was the cost of that?
 
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