Speeding around Europe

[t1grm]

Malta is to get speed cameras operated by traffic wardens

www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=158424

Bit of a pain for me as I visit the place a lot. Still, most of the local drivers will probably be too pissed to notice

An interesting outside perspective on speed cameras in the UK as well.

[Bodo]

When I was in Malta twelve years ago, they only had ONE traffic light on the entire island. Needless to say that the locals treated it the Italian way

[deeen]

Bodo said:

When I was in Malta twelve years ago, they only had ONE traffic light on the entire island. Needless to say that the locals treated it the Italian way

Not surprised... which of the 4 roads approaching the junction was it visible from?

[JohnL]

The Times of Malta said:

Speed cameras in the UK have until recently been placed only where there have been a minimum number of injury-causing accidents - at least four deaths or serious injuries, or eight injuries of any severity, in the previous three years. The casualties must have happened within one kilometre of the site. But the policy has over the past months been modified, with police and local authorities secretly allowed to place hundreds of speed cameras at locations without a history of road casualties, according to The Times of London. A new, unannounced policy is also to give consideration to a community's demands for a camera when there is evidence that speeding is worrying residents. But the Association of Chief Police Officers has urged ministers to announce the revised guidelines, The Times reported. "We need to get it out into the public arena because otherwise we can be accused of trying to hide something," association camera liaison officer Ian Bell said. Excessive use of speed cameras is thought to be destroying the relationship between the police and Britain's 32 million motorists. The Police Federation, representing 136,000 officers, said it believed that some roadside cameras were being used simply to raise money. Officers are bearing the brunt of a public backlash against cameras and are regularly called money grabbers by the public, the federation said, according to The Times. The AA Motoring Trust said speed enforcement policies risked alienating the public, when the public's support for traffic policing was essential.

[zumbruk]

Seems like an odd priority, given that they they have no drink-driving laws...

[JohnL]

zumbruk said:

Seems like an odd priority, given that they they have no drink-driving laws...

Seriously?