Do safety cameras cause more road deaths?

[james_j]

7db said:

dersetrictor said: I swear, there must be myriad PHers with machinery (and corresponding 'skill sets') capable of travelling the barren, northerly parts of the M6 at 120-130 with consumate ease and yet this small increase over the default 90-100 that everyone actually does is certainly enough to ensure that critical delivery of additional concentration when flying accordingly. Speed limits are for everyone. That is their weakness. (Indeed the weakness of all laws). If we raised the limit to 120 on those sections, so that numpty new driver can thrash his Dad's BMW into oncoming traffic when he loses control, would you be so supportive of raised limits?

Yes.

Don't assume that just because a limit is raised, people will go completely mad.

For example, take the Isle of Man, where there are totally limit-free sections of road, it just doesn't happen. It maybe a novelty at first, but the locals who have access anytime, just drive within their own limits.

[7db]

I happen to think that removing limits is safer than posting higher ones. The number gives false security to poor drivers.

Look at 30 zones. Many of these feature sections where it simply is not safe to drive at 30, but people do with impunity, and vulnerable road users are injured and die as a result.