End of the War on Motorists ? MORE avg Scammers

[Pete317]

The article said:

David Davies, executive director of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) told the committee that the A9 scheme in Scotland, which is now the longest non-motorway stretch of road with average speed cameras, has seen “safety and traffic benefits” that so far seem to have been “substantial”.

Analysis by technology association Intelligent Transport Systems suggests that the proportion of vehicles speeding in the A9 controlled zone fell from as high as 40% to roughly 10%, since the introduction of average speed cameras.

It said, where average speed camera enforcement is used as part of a casualty reduction measure, ‘killed or seriously injured’ rates dropped on average by more than 70%.

Interesting juxtaposition there.

Why didn't they simply state that 70% fewer people have been killed or seriously injured on the A9 since they introduced the cameras?

Oh hang on, it's because they can't.
So they simply worded the article to create the impression that the cameras have done some good.

The article said:

The report also says that, in pursuing any aim to improve speed limit compliance, speed camera placement must relate to safety rather than revenue, and be sited in such a way that aims to reduce casualties.

Cue the usual suspects, who will tell you that cameras have nothing to do with casualty reduction, which comes by way of the speed limits.
And who will then continue on to tell you that the limits aren't only about safety.

Edited by Pete317 on Saturday 7th May 11:36