another accident at Ferrybridge on M62

[bryan35]

Number of gatsos - 2
number of speeders caught (it says so on the sign) 9472
Revenue generated £568,000

Number of accidents before cameras - 0
Number of smashes since - 2

First one involved a jack-knifed caravan - an old couple going to the coast - braked hard for the camera

Second one this morning - lorry.

[Hamster]

If they caught this amount of criminals on the steets in Castleford on a weekend the town would be be much better for it!!

H

[bryan35]

why not just put a wall round the town centre while they're all in the pubs

[MilnerR]

bryan35 said:

Number of gatsos - 2 number of speeders caught (it says so on the sign) 9472 Revenue generated £568,000 Number of accidents before cameras - 0 Number of smashes since - 2

You can't say that the cameras caused these accidents but you can say that they failed to prevent them. Ergo, cameras in this case have had no impact on road safety and are therefore sited purely for revenue in this case!

[Hamster]

bryan35 said:

why not just put a wall round the town centre while they're all in the pubs

They'ed probably nick the bricks.

H

[rude girl]

bryan35 said:

Number of accidents before cameras - 0

Nah, that's not right. I used to live in north lincolnshire and work in Leeds. There were smashes at Ferrybridge every other day. Always have been.

There certainly weren't 0 accidents there before the cameras, and I'd be amazed if there'd only been 2 since them.

[bryan35]

statistics!

you can make them say what you like.

0 smashes the 10 minutes before the cameras went up,
or 10 years, or whatever you like.

Whatever looks the most impressive.

Who is it that plays the same game these days......??

Hmm.

[rude girl]

bryan35 said:

statistics! you can make them say what you like. 0 smashes the 10 minutes before the cameras went up, or 10 years, or whatever you like. Whatever looks the most impressive. Who is it that plays the same game these days......?? Hmm.

Huh? So are you saying that you just made the numbers up so you could claim the Gatsos caused the two accidents you saw? Well it's creative, I'll give you that!

But seriously, have you been at the Toilet Duck mate?

[tim.tonal]

I've said this before, but 3 lanes of traffic moving ar more-or-less the same speed on a motorway is a nightmare. One vehicle loses it then where does all the other boxed-in traffic go?

Even worse at 70!