Police take cut of speed fines
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No surprise really, just keeping you all appraised...
quote:www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=549252&in_review_text_id=515524
Ten more police forces have joined a speed camera scheme which lets them keep some of the proceeds from fines.
My local force (Wiltshire) have started calling them 'Safety Cameras' instead of speed cameras, must have been getting lessons from Blairs spin doctors.
Safety Camera Project Manager Clive Nicholls says:
“This decision does not signal the start of a war against motorists in Wiltshire. However, it does mean that we can now put more resources into winning the battle to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur annually on our roads as a result of excessive or inappropriate speed.”
“We do not want to catch hundreds & thousands of motorists each year, we do not need to. However, we do want and need to slow down motorists travelling through, in and around the partnership area, and we would like to do this with the consent and support of the people of Wiltshire & Swindon. You often see signs asking motorists to ‘please drive carefully through our village’. We hope that, by working with the community, and letting people know what we are doing and why we are doing it, they will support us in sending the message ‘please drive carefully through our county’.”
“There are those who will criticise the increased use of safety cameras in the struggle to reduce the casualty rate, and it is right to recognise that there are many factors other than excess speed that contribute to the overall casualty figures. Poor driving decisions, inattention, fatigue, adverse weather conditions all play a part in keeping annual casualty figures at an unacceptably high level. But, making people more aware of speed limits, more understanding of the need to comply with them at all times and more alert to the possibility that they could be fined if they don’t, can only be seen as a positive step towards improving safety on our roads."
So they admit that education is needed, speed is not the real problem but they're still going to put the cameras up anyway. Fantastic.
Safety Camera Project Manager Clive Nicholls says:
“This decision does not signal the start of a war against motorists in Wiltshire. However, it does mean that we can now put more resources into winning the battle to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur annually on our roads as a result of excessive or inappropriate speed.”
“We do not want to catch hundreds & thousands of motorists each year, we do not need to. However, we do want and need to slow down motorists travelling through, in and around the partnership area, and we would like to do this with the consent and support of the people of Wiltshire & Swindon. You often see signs asking motorists to ‘please drive carefully through our village’. We hope that, by working with the community, and letting people know what we are doing and why we are doing it, they will support us in sending the message ‘please drive carefully through our county’.”
“There are those who will criticise the increased use of safety cameras in the struggle to reduce the casualty rate, and it is right to recognise that there are many factors other than excess speed that contribute to the overall casualty figures. Poor driving decisions, inattention, fatigue, adverse weather conditions all play a part in keeping annual casualty figures at an unacceptably high level. But, making people more aware of speed limits, more understanding of the need to comply with them at all times and more alert to the possibility that they could be fined if they don’t, can only be seen as a positive step towards improving safety on our roads."
So they admit that education is needed, speed is not the real problem but they're still going to put the cameras up anyway. Fantastic.
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But, making people more aware of speed limits, more understanding of the [B]need to comply with them at all times and more alert to the possibility that they could be fined if they don’t[/B], can only be seen as a positive step towards improving safety on our roads."
Damn right. If the limit is 50 we should damn well drive at 50, not over or under, come rain, shine or thick snow. We MUST be safe then....
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“We do not want to catch hundreds & thousands of motorists each year, we do not need to. However, we do want and need to slow down motorists travelling through,
Load of b*ll*ks it all revenue driven hope they dont put a speed camera on the B road through wingfield to Bradford-on-Avon nice road that
is there any cameras round Melksham that i should know about just incase 
At the moment, Wiltshire is quite light on (fixed) cameras. Problem is that many of the roads round here are nice, twisty, hilly A and B roads, plod don't like the fact that weekends are popular for all us 'enthusiastic' drivers and riders. I've noticed quite a few panda cars about on the sunny weekends recently, but I know for a fact (my neighbour is a traffic cop 
) that there are only ever at most 2 traffic cars on duty at once, and one is nearly always in Swindon or on the M4 wiping up crashed numpties.
I'm surprised cameras aren't more popular already.
) that there are only ever at most 2 traffic cars on duty at once, and one is nearly always in Swindon or on the M4 wiping up crashed numpties. I'm surprised cameras aren't more popular already.
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