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Old 08-03-2009, 15:45   #49
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Re: Road speed limit cut to 50mph ?

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It doesn't.
So we're agreed that all a speed camera does is take photos? Good.

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Which is why the national speed limit should be revised.
There's no defendable reason for that.

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Which is why speeding should be dealt with harshly.
Ok so if I'm reading that properly, it's a case of "OK you killed someone, go down for 15 years" instead of "Ok how can we get it in to your mind that driving the way you did could have caused an accident?". I'd prefer to treat the disease rather than cure it.

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So, are you in favour of speed cameras? Or not?
I'm in favour of proven methods of attacking the cause of bad driving. As we've agreed speed cameras do nothing but take photos. There are other traffic calming methods available that don't raise so much revenue for the treasury but they don't suit the anti-car brigade.

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Really? Do you have a link to that information?
Certainly, from the link in the original post:

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Britain’s roads were the safest in the world until 2001, relative to its population, but have since fallen into sixth place behind countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway
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