Thread: [Merged] - The Road Traffic Act (inc Speeding)
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Old 26-02-2005, 01:58   #126
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Re: Gatso camera case
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Originally Posted by andyl
"There was a case in the news this week...." Nuff said. Selective facts, selective reporting. We have £20m of surplus revenues annually due to Gatsos (well convicted speeders). Granted that is not being funnelled directly into policing, but the net gain to the state I would imagine - and I concede don't have a Treasury statistical model to work with - will exceed the neglible cost of what? Not putting a film in a Gatso. In one camera? Identified by the media?

And for the record, killing someone while speeding is a crime.
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....and can we merge the RTA and Gatso threads? They seem to be one and the same.
Andyl,

I suggest you check some statistics. There are NO proven statistics to show that GATSOs have reduced deaths on the roads. But hey, they've "earned" "...20m of surplus revenues annually...". So I guess that justifies it then?

Sure, killing someone while speeding is a crime, but so is speeding WITHOUT killing someone. Why not focus on the former?
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