Do you think that with all the extra speed cameras, it has lowered the death rate on our roads?

Joe Kool

Absolutely not. It's just increased revenue.

bigsexydug

i watched a documentry about this about 18 months ago.

and these are facts, for the last 10 years deaths on all roads were dropping mainly due to increased technology in cars ie better breaking, air bags etc, it continued up until about 2 years ago when it started rise again.

now you can take from that what you will, however in the report they sent a policeman to germany (many motorways with no speed limits) but also has less deaths than the u.k on average, you want to know what the policeman concluded ?

that although the proof was actually there staring him in the face "well speed still kills"
was his reply

speed may kill, however,there are tousands upon thousand of dangerous/illegal driver out there, we need to keep the walking public off the road (if a car was drivinbg on the pavement you would be in big trouble so why walk on the road ?) and bring back the traffic police in cars to rid our roads of these drivers.

WHO am i?

no, its just a moneyspinner.

wahabyq8

howtoms

No, but just think about all the money it's making the state police!

bgh2353

I do not think so, as we slow down for the camera and then speed up after it. Also when we look for the cameras and at our speed constantly we are not concentrating on the road!!

markaubrey

no i doubt it. it just a money making scheme.highway robbers the police.

buggerlugs

i dont think it has but its certainly lined a few more pockets

bokeboy71

No, it has not. Just as red light cameras don't decrease accidents at intersections. Red light cameras actually increase accidents from people hitting their brakes too fast and too hard and surprising the person behind them who thinks theyre goingto go through the intersection, then they get hit from behind. ....It's all about the Benjamins.

Neil M

I expect is has, a little. But it is treating the symptom, not the cause, of car crashes. In other words the crashes still occur, but they are not so fatal as speeds are lower.

Speed per se is not the problem. Speeding in the wrong places (near schools and parked cars) is the problem.
Also driving with insufficient space behind the car in front is the problem.

lukee

Yes because they bring the average speed of traffic down. Lower speed = fewer deaths. And they punish people for breaking the speed limit which I think is a good thing.

rowdy

No, not for one second. And neither does anyone I know.

katty

I hope so!

Tufty Porcupine

I do share some people's scepticism about where speed cameras are placed and whether they are situated so as to accrue revenue. That said, there has to be a link between road deaths and speed, so any measure that impacts on reducing speed must surely help to reduce deaths on roads.

What might help more, rather than having spot checks (which just causes people to reduce their speed suddenly and then speed up again, is monitoring average speeds between areas renowned for speeding - that's make me think twice anyway!

anthony c

i dont think so because most people now where they are so when they are comen towards it they slow down, i work on the motorways and the main roads and my main job is to go out and recover the recked cars and i get around 9 call outs a nite and on weekends they are alot higher its just another way the goverment can get money out of us . what makes me laugh is that this country is the 3rd richest country in the world and we still have the crapest road systems all the money from the road tax and of the speed camreas are proberly goen else were like the third world or the imagrants

burning brightly

Statistically wise it has not ~~

A L

Yes and the accident rate.

Mick

It has been com firmed that seed cameras do not lower the death rate on the roads.

Mr Abba

No speed cameras havent decreased death rates on our roads, inreverse they have probably increased deaths in my opinion. I cant imagine how much money they have made from the poor motorists.

DJJD

I don't think so. The traffic in our city comes to a near standstill near those cameras. The roads bottleneck and then you get congestion and poor sods stuck in the yellow boxes. (for those who dont have yellow boxes, they are gridded boxes centred on multiple junctions in which you are not allowed to stop. You can only go through them if your way is clear) More accidents are caused by the frustration of trying to get past those who are doing less than the speed limit. Are there cameras for those people? No. Despite the fact it is against the law and called inconsiderate driving, THEY get away with it. Humph. Oh well, Its just a few yards! We can go bombing off after its out of sight, have a race off the traffic lights up the hill with a Citroen saxo or Clio. Give it a big grin as you glide past in your 2 litre. :-)

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