Re. speed cameras?
I am a grandfather and the thought of injuring our killing someone is totallly abhorent.
Everyone agrees that safety is of the utmost importance, the fact that just two cameras can generate 1.2 million pounds in one month in obscene.
P.s I'm not trying to be cool I'm trying to be fair.
If they are so effective why do they generate so much money?
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there are signs that flash the speed limit, and they work, automatically you slow down,
i hate speed camera's, they say they are positioned in crash black spots, but all they do is move crash spots back down the road, as everyone slams on brakes when they see one.
i think the speed limit for motorways should rise after midnight until 6am to 100mph, but be fixed at 30 in towns and 20 near schools etc.
Speeding is not usually due to a lapse in concentration - it's due to people wanted to get somewhere faster and either not thinking or not caring about the consequences. There needs to be a fine as well as the penalty points as a deterrent, although I think there should be more of a bias towards points - then the rich will have as much deterrent as the poor.
No arguement, you are correct, they are just there to make government revenue.
I think that you will find they are effective in their area. If you know there is a camera between your home and where ever you are going, you naturally slow down before you get to it. It is the `strangers` who happen to drive through your area and are not aware , that are caught. So the point you made about a warning, would be a good idea, under those circumstances.
I don't know that flashing speed limits is a good thing because it scares me when that happens.. (sounds like I am a speeder..but I am not mostly) I nearly crashed when one told me I was doing 41 miles an hour in a 40 mile zone in Scotland..
I agree with you about killing someone with your car. I am aware every time I get into my car. I reverse slowly.. drive carefully.. like you I think those speed cameras are generating too much revenue.. where does this money go I wonder?
Good question by the way..
The people I know who speed do it deliberately, friend. In fact, one guy on this site SWEARS that if EVERYONE is going 85mph
that it is LEGAL to go that fast. I don't know where he gets his facts, but he's all wet.
The MAIN PURPOSE of those cameras is to generate revenue
SORRY, the authorities don't give a DAMN about safety. It's $$$$$$$$$$, with the EXCUSE being safety. wake up, man.
No driver should be on the road if they have periods of lapsed concentration --- that is surely far worse than a driver in full control and breaking the speed limit.
Unfortunately many accidents are in the main due to the offending drivers lack of ability and concentration - not speeding.
I seriously believe the speed limits on all roads should be reviewed and adjusted down where there are known 'accident ' spots and increased in other areas which will keep the traffic flowing smoothly. I do believe the motorway speed limit should be raised to at least 80mph with a special 'camera' clamp down on 'middle lane ' drivers. Although speed cameras do generate an obscene amount of income for the authorities intentionally, where they are operated fairly, the result is a good thing for us all.
Good luck and keep your eyes on the road and concentrate at all times!
Anything put in place to control traffic speed is for safety, not generating cash flow. If indeed that much comes in, it shows that most drivers in that area are driving entirely too fast and endangering others. Period.
I agree with you completely, I used to drive through the Limehouse Link in London regularly which has 3 cameras - 1 at the entrance, 1 in the middle & 1 on the exit in both directions. I once got flashed for the exact reason you mention, lapse of concentration even though I knew damn well they were there. I wasn't going that much over but if someone drives a route regularly they know where the cameras are & those who are not quite as sensible as your good self, generally slow down for them then speed up again (myself included, not proud of it) but people do .. however I went to a wedding in Gloucestershire & as we entered a small town loads of lights flashing telling me I was over the speed limit made me watch myself that much more & was much more effective
It is definitely a money making machine rather than a safety precaution at the moment but they (govt/local council) probably want to keep the income & they probably already know the sensors are more effective but it will take years before it comes into force
You wont have speed cameras soon, they have already developed and tested the technology to have satellite controlled on board computers that will automatically limit your car to whatever the speed limit for the area is.
If you are in a 30MPH zone, it will not allow the car to go over 30.
This equipment will also soon be charging you on your car usage patterns too.
I know it's planned and been developed/tested in the UK but I'm sure it will be a world wide thing.
Thinking about it, with that kind of technology on the car I'm sure they will be able to remotely shut down a car that has been stolen or used for criminal activities.
There are many irresponsible and negligent drivers on the road
who just ignore completely the speed limit when they are
speeding their cars. Drivers, like them contribute to the millions
of pounds in cash each month to the police as penalty fines for
speeding on the road which are caught by speed cameras.
I believe the speed cameras are very necessary and so are the
fines slapped on those irresponsible drivers who deserved to
be penalised.
Good point, and therein lies the deception. If cameras were effective they would generate no income to speak of. I believe they are a total money spinner and often not placed where the regulations require.
speed cameras,another great idea that didn't work. if they did why isn't there one outside every school to start with? speed humps are the only things that slow cars down!.
I think the money they make is crazy but then no one is forced too speed,
but on the other hand sometimes driving too slow is as dangerous.
how many times have you been on the Motorway doing 70 mph only too come across someone pottering along at 40 ish.
Often in the middle lane with no other traffic in site !!
I agree with you completly. The signs make you think when you see tehm and your natural response is to slow down. Whats more they cost far less to install than speed camera's freeing up more money for extra police officers.
Speed camera's are set in places where there have been at least 4 fatel accidents in a zone, but along the Embankment near where I live one of those accidents was that someone fell out of their boat IN THE RIVER, BESIDE THE ROAD! I have never driven my car on that river before!! This goes to show the 4 accidents is merely an excuse to place them in financially sound situations.
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