Speed Cameras, are they for safety, or revenue?
Poll: Speed Cameras, are they for safety, or revenue?
Total Members Polled: 478
Discussion
Right, given that it appears some feel that speed cameras are about safety whilst I believe they are about Revenue and that it is inherently illogical to suggest that sticking to a speed limit is "safe".
This Poll is, in all the circumstances, open to those members who have been here in excess of five years.
So, please vote.......
This Poll is, in all the circumstances, open to those members who have been here in excess of five years.
So, please vote.......
If all cameras were removed and replaced by two traffic officers in a marked car at the exact same spot at every camera site would that make it better for you?
They are about enforcement of speed limits. Whether that raises revenue is moot, as the penalty is the same if caught by a traffic officer. Most don't like speed limits, most of us speed most of the time, I certainly do. If I get caught it's just one of those things.
I got away with a rather stupid drag race to 90 in a 40 with what turned out to be an unmarked car the other month. The coppers laughed and let me off with a bking. Had there been a speed camera there, then I'd have been on my way to court, or actually more likely is that I wouldn't as I wouldn't have done what I did and would have gone up there at 40.
I won the drag race and whip round the roundabout, if anyone's interested.
They are about enforcement of speed limits. Whether that raises revenue is moot, as the penalty is the same if caught by a traffic officer. Most don't like speed limits, most of us speed most of the time, I certainly do. If I get caught it's just one of those things.
I got away with a rather stupid drag race to 90 in a 40 with what turned out to be an unmarked car the other month. The coppers laughed and let me off with a bking. Had there been a speed camera there, then I'd have been on my way to court, or actually more likely is that I wouldn't as I wouldn't have done what I did and would have gone up there at 40.
I won the drag race and whip round the roundabout, if anyone's interested.
Daft poll, only an idiot would think it was one or the other. Fixed camera on a dangerous road with a history of mad boy racer speeding - safety. Mobile site popping up around a bend to do streams of commuters at 36mph on a road that was 40mph before and had no bad history associated with speed - revenue and jobs. And every point in between.
mph1977 said:
Countdown said:
I think a third option (idiot penalising system) would have been helpful.
yep speed cameras ( of whatever nature) catch
idiots or the unobservant .
Countdown said:
mybrainhurts said:
I take it you've not seen Derbyshire police in their white or black BMW 5 series parked up, pointing a speed camera through the windscreen, then?
Wouldn't that come under the category of "unobservant"?Countdown said:
mybrainhurts said:
If you're going to consider every parked up 5 series might be a speed trap then, yes.
To be honest I don't see that many parked up 5 series Police cars (or indeed any police cars). And no, I wouldn't be speeding past them.mybrainhurts said:
Countdown said:
mybrainhurts said:
If you're going to consider every parked up 5 series might be a speed trap then, yes.
To be honest I don't see that many parked up 5 series Police cars (or indeed any police cars). And no, I wouldn't be speeding past them.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff