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M25 Cameras Catch 10,000 In 7 Miles
By Dick Murray And David Williams, Evening Standard
13 April 2004
More than 10,000 motorists have been caught by speed cameras guarding a busy seven-mile stretch of the M25, it was revealed today...........
............Though work stopped for Easter and the cones were removed, the cameras and 40mph limit remained in force instead of reverting back to the usual 70mph............
..............."The best way to avoid a speeding fine is to slow down.".............
To 5mph?
From:
www.thisislondon.com/traffic/articles/10203875?source=EveningStandard
Oh, and before anyone brings it up:
......When work started, the agency made clear why the strict limit had been imposed. "Up to 11 roadworkers are killed in Highways Agency roadworks every year. For staff that equates to one in a 1,000 chance of being killed."............
Wot?!
With the roadworks suspended?
And the cones removed?
And them on holiday?
Is that every day?
No wonder there's been no road building to speak of recently:
All the roadworkers must have been killed over the past few years.
Or are they getting their workers and their staff muddled up, and their "statistics" in a spin?
By Dick Murray And David Williams, Evening Standard
13 April 2004
More than 10,000 motorists have been caught by speed cameras guarding a busy seven-mile stretch of the M25, it was revealed today...........
............Though work stopped for Easter and the cones were removed, the cameras and 40mph limit remained in force instead of reverting back to the usual 70mph............
..............."The best way to avoid a speeding fine is to slow down.".............
To 5mph?
From:
www.thisislondon.com/traffic/articles/10203875?source=EveningStandard
Oh, and before anyone brings it up:
......When work started, the agency made clear why the strict limit had been imposed. "Up to 11 roadworkers are killed in Highways Agency roadworks every year. For staff that equates to one in a 1,000 chance of being killed."............
Wot?!
With the roadworks suspended?
And the cones removed?
And them on holiday?
Is that every day?
No wonder there's been no road building to speak of recently:
All the roadworkers must have been killed over the past few years.
Or are they getting their workers and their staff muddled up, and their "statistics" in a spin?
bogush said:
"Up to 11 roadworkers are killed in Highways Agency roadworks every year. For staff that equates to one in a 1,000 chance of being killed."
Up to 11? So less in some years? All killed by speeding cars, or some for other reasons but lumped together for effect?
Working on roadworks without proper protection from passing traffic must be a nightmare. I would hate it. However, 1 in 1000 isn't bad -- don't the anti-car people say you have a 1 in 200 chance of dying in road accidents? So it's safer to be a roadworker than a driver!! ha ha.
I wonder what the chances are of dying on a building site, or an oil rig, or even working in a hospital. It would be interesting to compare.
Peter Ward said:
"Up to 11 roadworkers are killed in Highways Agency roadworks every year. For staff that equates to one in a 1,000 chance of being killed."
Up to 11? So less in some years? All killed by speeding cars, or some for other reasons but lumped together for effect?
Most likely killed by drivers who have fallen asleep at the wheel whilst driving at 70mph. Seems the most likely reason for someone to hit a roadworker. Either that or drunk/drugged.
As someone who has seen some of the injuries to carriageway workers hit by cars/lorries, I can see some point to SOME of the speed restrictions, especially on short-duration works where only cones separate the traffic from the workplace.
However, as always, an engineered solution is much more effective than speed cameras - in this case a f***ing great lump of concrete between my car and the highway workers - so why do we still get the scameras?
More to the point, why is it 40mph over Thelwall Viaduct, when the workers are UNDERNEATH the bridge. I challenge anybody run these guys over, whatever the speed!
However, as always, an engineered solution is much more effective than speed cameras - in this case a f***ing great lump of concrete between my car and the highway workers - so why do we still get the scameras?
More to the point, why is it 40mph over Thelwall Viaduct, when the workers are UNDERNEATH the bridge. I challenge anybody run these guys over, whatever the speed!
tvr_nut said:
As someone who has seen some of the injuries to carriageway workers hit by cars/lorries, I can see some point to SOME of the speed restrictions, especially on short-duration works where only cones separate the traffic from the workplace.
However, as always, an engineered solution is much more effective than speed cameras - in this case a f***ing great lump of concrete between my car and the highway workers - so why do we still get the scameras?
More to the point, why is it 40mph over Thelwall Viaduct, when the workers are UNDERNEATH the bridge. I challenge anybody run these guys over, whatever the speed!
Yep, EXACTLY the same on the Tay road bridge.
MoJo.
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