M11 speed cam doubles crashes
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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.
nigel.nelson@people.co.uk
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.
nigel.nelson@people.co.uk
puggit said:
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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.
nigel.nelson@people.co.uk
If there are more crashes - how ist safer
Ach ja - they send you an NIP after you die. It makes it all so much safer of course! NOT!
Having used to live down that neck of the woods. I know this stretch very well.
Bad design of the motorway i.e. high speed entry in corners, add heavy braking around corners to slow down for speed cameras together with possible wet conditions.
It really isn't supprising that there are more accidents.
Idiots!!!
Dave
Bad design of the motorway i.e. high speed entry in corners, add heavy braking around corners to slow down for speed cameras together with possible wet conditions.
It really isn't supprising that there are more accidents.
Idiots!!!
Dave
Anyone who can stomach it - check out JJ's (Steve from Cumbria cash registers) comments at:
www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3421
The hypocrisy is breath-taking.
www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3421
The hypocrisy is breath-taking.
puggit said:
Anyone who can stomach it - check out JJ's (Steve from Cumbria cash registers) comments at:
www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3421
The hypocrisy is breath-taking.
What an absolutely first class reply from Paul:
SafeSpeed said:
Is that the standard panic or the special P45 panic?
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