M4 Revenue Camera protest - how did it go?
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Originally Posted by MattW
But every motorway has a characteristic, and the M4's is people sitting in the outer/middle lane and not moving left when it's clear.
I also don't agree with the way the govt are attempting to reduce speed because that makes an accident less serious. Of course if you drive into a wall at 70mph or 30mph there is going to be a very different outcome(extremes I know), but the reality is the cause of the accident is not being addressed.
Cameras are treating the symptoms, not the cause. However until good driving can be enforced, that is all that can be done. Investment should be made into the traffic police to get more of them on the roads, booking people who are driving badly. Unfortunately, I suspect that most people on here will then start moaning about having a police state....
There are some misguided people who believe that they should have carte blanche to speed everywhere, and I certainly think that the ABD are viewed as an extreme organisation by many, I'd much prefer to see one of the more repected motorists organisations, AA, RAC, CSMA etc to take up the argument.
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More people die of MRSA sickness now than are killed on the roads. Maybe NL should invent yet another target for the cleaners in the hospitals, what do you reckon PSL?
In recent times it has become apparent that more and more burglars and muggers etc are prepared to seriously wound or kill to avoid detection.
Looks like another chance to make a target for the burglars to ensure that they can get the maximum amoiunt of "swag" for the minimums number of dead and injured victims. Why not, they get more consideration than the victims as it is?
Tough on crime eh!
PSL, before you go shooting your mouth off about people speeding, you should remember your own speeding cases before someone resurrects your posts about it. You won't want to be "hoist by your own petard"-again!
You'd be safer to stick with dead fish I think.
Les
In recent times it has become apparent that more and more burglars and muggers etc are prepared to seriously wound or kill to avoid detection.
Looks like another chance to make a target for the burglars to ensure that they can get the maximum amoiunt of "swag" for the minimums number of dead and injured victims. Why not, they get more consideration than the victims as it is?
Tough on crime eh!
PSL, before you go shooting your mouth off about people speeding, you should remember your own speeding cases before someone resurrects your posts about it. You won't want to be "hoist by your own petard"-again!
You'd be safer to stick with dead fish I think.
Les
Last edited by Leslie; 01 May 2005 at 11:47 AM.
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Speeding is just a name given to the act of driving above a speed limit. As long as the the speed limits are too low then people will speed.
People are angry because the cameras are always situated in places where the speed limits are too low.
People are angry because the cameras are always situated in places where the speed limits are too low.
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Originally Posted by Leslie
More people die of MRSA sickness now than are killed on the roads. Maybe NL should invent yet another target for the cleaners in the hospitals, what do you reckon PSL?
In recent times it has become apparent that more and more burglars and muggers etc are prepared to seriously wound or kill to avoid detection.
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Originally Posted by ajm
Speeding is just a name given to the act of driving above a speed limit. As long as the the speed limits are too low then people will speed.
People are angry because the cameras are always situated in places where the speed limits are too low.
People are angry because the cameras are always situated in places where the speed limits are too low.
This stretch of M4 has a very large number of accidents. Surely it would be a better idea to leave the cameras in for a few months to see if they have had a positive effect on the accident rate before complaining about them. If they have not had a positive effect, then they should be removed again
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The real issue is that a considerable number of speed limits are just too low. 70mph is ridiculously slow on a dry,clear motorway - 80mph would be more acceptable.
Speed doesnt kill - poor driving does. And speeding will never become as sociably unacceptable as drink driving - cant see why that argument has ever been made.
Speed doesnt kill - poor driving does. And speeding will never become as sociably unacceptable as drink driving - cant see why that argument has ever been made.
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