convert Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8719263/Speed-cameras-fail-to-cut-accidents.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029361/Speed-cameras-cut-accidents--create-study-finds.html So it seems that some speed cameras actually increase the number of accidents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 No its the drivers that cause accidents. I think you will find a speed camera just sits there. It doesn't jump out in the middle of the road does it. Maintain your speed within the limits properly and you will be fine. Drive like a <REMOVED> at 70 and them slam on the brakes just before the camera and you might cause an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy d Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 some cameras in rotherham have been turned off, and have been covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8719263/Speed-cameras-fail-to-cut-accidents.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029361/Speed-cameras-cut-accidents--create-study-finds.html So it seems that some speed cameras actually increase the number of accidents... You are using the same information in an article circulated in learned websites like the "Daily Mail" and the" Tax Payers Alliance" There is no study. What the article refers to is a list of sites on which local authorities have placed the information requested by the Department for Transport. This is data not a report. People of various persuasions are free to interpret. On their site The DfT make no comment. The following is another interpretation: "The number of deaths and serious injury crashes has plummeted on Kent's roads since speed cameras were introduced". "Figures released today by the government show a dramatic drop in serious accidents over a six-year period. Source That is a total fall of 74%" Kent online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 No its the drivers that cause accidents. I think you will find a speed camera just sits there. It doesn't jump out in the middle of the road does it. Maintain your speed within the limits properly and you will be fine. Drive like a <REMOVED> at 70 and them slam on the brakes just before the camera and you might cause an accident. get rid of the cameras!!!! they are dangerous!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 get rid of the cameras!!!! they are dangerous!!!!!! They are, I've almost caused my airbags to deploy by stamping on the brakes because of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convert Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 You are using the same information in an article circulated in learned websites like the "Daily Mail" and the" Tax Payers Alliance" There is no study. What the article refers to is a list of sites on which local authorities have placed the information requested by the Department for Transport. This is data not a report. People of various persuasions are free to interpret. On their site The DfT make no comment. The following is another interpretation: "The number of deaths and serious injury crashes has plummeted on Kent's roads since speed cameras were introduced". "Figures released today by the government show a dramatic drop in serious accidents over a six-year period. Source That is a total fall of 74%" Kent online Which part of some, didn't you understand? Do you agree that at some sites, accident rates have gone up, according to the data (I like data, it's much better than studies or reports; it's much harder to put a spin on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I think the important statistic or fact that nobody can argue with is: Speed cameras catch 100% of people breaking the law by speeding. They're just a part of life which doesn't affect me, so I don't get stressed or angry about them, same with traffic wardens or police on the street (I don't suddenly make sure I'm law abiding when I see one then start breaking the law when he's passed). If you do have an issue with them then perhaps its you and your driving style at fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Speed cameras catch 100% of people breaking the law by speeding. No they don't...you can drive past at greater than the limit and not get pinged...they are usually set to around 10%+2 mph over the limit...be interesting to see if anyone has a ticket for a speed of less than 35 in a 30 limit..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 There have been plenty who've claimed to be doing 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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