hedgehog

If you never do anything wrong then you've nothing to fear, except being killed of course:

SPEEDCAM DOUBLES SMASHES ON M-WAY
Jul 31 2005


So naturally they've now put TWO more on same 1M stretch

By Nigel Nelson And David Brown

ROAD smashes doubled on a mile-long stretch of motorway AFTER a speed camera went up.

And now traffic chiefs have sparked fury by installing two MORE of the hated yellow traps in the same place.

There were only 10 accidents on the East London bend of the M11 in the three years before the first speedcam was installed in 2001.

Only five had anything to do with speed and only two people were severely injured.

But in the following three years - after a 50mph limit was introduced along with the trap - there were EIGHTEEN crashes, new figures reveal.

Eleven were linked with speed and FIVE people were severely hurt, the Transport Department disclosed.

Angry campaigners claim accidents on the stretch of road near the end of the motorway soared because drivers brake sharply when they spot the speedcam .

Motorist Pauline Caley, 42, said: "The speedcams make things more dangerous, not safer. You have to slow down really quickly from 70mph to 40mph and motorists slam on their brakes at the last moment."

Campaigners believe the statistics are yet more proof the devices are there to raise money for the Government rather than save lives. The first camera - which snares up to 2,000 drivers a day - notches up a staggering £840,000 a week in fines. And a big slice of that goes straight to the Treasury.

Local Tory MP Lee Scott said: "If the original camera isn't reducing speed-related accidents, why is it there?"

The Highways Agency said the new cameras enforce a 40mph limit to make it safer for work on new road lights.

zoog

doesn't surprise me at all. know the stretch well.

unclebuck

£840,000 a week!!!

Say, that's a lot of cash. I'm sure New Labour thinks that's well worth a few deaths and shattered lives.

Angry

Pragmatism in action

ScooBStu

More money = More money for peoples pensions
and more deaths = less people who require pensions.

Its a win win situation for the government.

mart360

All that will happen is that a few fawning replys will be made, statistics spun, and jack.....

lets be very honest.... what will happen if the cam revenue dries up...

they will enforce slower speed limits .... 10 or 20mph... they are going to screw you over

why did they need to put specs in london central with the reduction in traffic??

so you get butF*ckd for the congestion charge.. and screwd by specs as awell


when will the blind tree huggin looney left wake up and smell the roses, that they are being bled dry by the very same person they think is the best thing since sliced bread.. truth is they allready know it, but dont have the ***** to admit it!!


nothing like a caring gov is there...




NArt

StickyMicky

saw specs on the m1 last week at sum roadworks and was very suprised

asumed it was a mobile specs setup???

saw loads of idiots speeding up and slowing down for the cameras
me and the chav infront in his super beast burner corsa/punto hybrid knew the score, the rest did not have a clue