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jont
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:48 am Post subject: Swindon council to cut speed camera spending? |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7506689.stm
"The move follows a shake-up of speed camera funding rules which mean the Treasury keeps proceeds of fines and then makes road-safety grants to councils."
So is it a sudden outbreak of common sense, or simply a ploy from the council to get some of their money back?
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ScoobyChris
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: |
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I know which I'm more likely to believe 
It wasn't clear from the article, but do you know if this was specifically fixed cameras or both fixed and mobile units?
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jont
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think it's clear. I heard a brief interview on Radio 4 this morning too. On one hand they talked about alternative measures such as traffic calming/flashing reminder signs being more effective - which suggests fixed locations, but I guess they could still do this at places where mobile units have been sited. I think I'd rather have the camera vans than a new rash of speed humps. |
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ROG
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | flashing reminder signs |
More of these please 
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MGF
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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As I understand it the Treasury only takes the excess.
If LAs get to keep the excess, as they do with parking fines, then there is naturally an incentive to issue more. |
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martine
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Yes it's good to see some debate again - it's only a proposal and they are 'considering' it.
Chap on BBC morning TV news mentioned Safespeed and how he (Paul Smith) had consistently argued against Speed Cameras - he then went on to say what was needed was more driver education (hurray).
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Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
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We had Margaret Tester to speak to our RoSPA meeting last night - seems she escaped in the nick of time 
She seemed a very sensible person, but I would have enjoyed asking her about this. Shame.
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Why_Aye
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| ROG wrote: | | Quote: | | flashing reminder signs |
More of these please :D :D :D |
So long as they don't tell you to slow down when you're doing about 28 on a very clear straight road with a speed limit of 30 as happened to me a few weeks ago. The powers that be have since adjusted it, to be fair, and I no longer trigger it on the occasion I go past it at the speed limit.
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jont
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| Why_Aye wrote: | | ROG wrote: | | Quote: | | flashing reminder signs |
More of these please |
So long as they don't tell you to slow down when you're doing about 28 on a very clear straight road with a speed limit of 30 as happened to me a few weeks ago. |
We have the same on our estate - regularly go off when doing an indicated 30 or less. The upshot of this seems to be most drivers just ignore them and carry on at 40+mph. I don't understand why they are calibrated at exactly the limit - if they went of at say 2-3mph over it, drivers looking at their speedo (and seeing say limit+5mph) might accept they are going too quickly and slow down, instead of treating the signs with contempt ("well if they go off even if I'm doing 30, why bother doing 30 at all?") |
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