Speed Cameras

Traffic Calming Methods

See-Search Engines support any action that reduces accidents on the roads

BUT

We do not support any action that is designed solely to generate funds for local or national government bodies

Speed Camera schemes which use money from speeding fines to buy more speed cameras is viewed with suspicion unless it can prove to have cut road deaths. Not just someone's opinion but facts that are not distorted by clever manipulation such as stating that this will help to reduce the total number of road accidents.

Measure the facts and publish the true before and after figures to convince all drivers.
If it is truly reducing road deaths by 50% why hide it.

At least with this type of Speed Camera scheme the revenue is being spent on maintaining and buying new cameras instead of the revenue being passed to the Treasury as another form of taxation.

Speed Camera success is measured by how many tickets have been issued
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO CHANGE AN ATTITUDE TO SPEED
However it does indicate a different attitude to its introduction

South Wales (UK) police said the number of speeding tickets it issued doubled in three months when the scheme began last year.

Cleveland and Thames Valley (UK) police also reported increases and Strathclyde has hailed it as a useful weapon in cutting accidents.

UK Nationally, half a million tickets are issued each year to drivers who have been caught on film.

Gaining Motorists Support
WHY ARE THEY UNPOPULAR
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Its simple
The average motorist doesn't believe it is there for the right reasons

Professional opinions about Speed Camera deployment

Roger Vincent, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), welcomed the initiative but added: "We do not believe there should be a blanket bombing of our roads with speed cameras.

"We need to make sure that cameras are in places where there is a proven speed accident problem, in that way motorists will support the scheme and not feel they are not being persecuted by the authorities."

Peter Brill, of RAC Motoring Services, also believed the scheme should be introduced with caution, "Speed cameras have to be used appropriately and not just as a way of generating revenue."

Simple tactics currently used to win over the driver
DO THE AUTHORITIES REALLY THINK THESE METHODS HELP

Speed Cameras are hidden from view
Speed Cameras are deliberately painted in dark colours (black in parts of Trafford UK)
Police deliberately locate mobile cameras in positions to catch drivers
Speed cameras equipment in unmarked Police vehicles
Equipment that calculate average speeds over a distance
Long distance zoom camera equipment

The average driver would respond if they feel that they are not being tricked.
WHY IS IT SO OFTEN THE CASE THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE AN ATTITUDE
AND BEAT ANYONE WITH A BIG STICK WHO DOESN'T AGREE

If the real reason for these cameras is to reduce accidents at dangerous locations.
HIGH PROFILE VISIBILITY WILL WORK MUCH MORE

HONESTY AND FAIRNESS WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO ASK - WOULDN'T IT

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