Monday 13th August 2001

Yet More Cameras

Self Funding Scheme to be extended

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[nubbin]

OK, so there is some common sense in the minister''s statement. However, the Police will want more and more cameras, so how are we to define an accident "blackspot"? At what level of crash/injury/fatality does a place become a blackspot. This needs defining NOW, before the figures can be manipulated to allow more and more camera installations.

[daver]

If "well signed" is to truly be part of the equation, that also ought to include the removal of all the signs out there for non-existent cameras

[dan]

The bbc are running a poll today which currently stands at 2-1 against more cameras!! When will the powers that be listen to the voting public??? Probably never Dan

[mel]

And I'd still love to see a "camera with a cross through it" sign at the end of the camered zone..... fat chance of that though.

[campbell]

Well I think we should all drink fine whiskey (a lot of it ) Then we should piss on the cameras and torch them with our by-product Is this a good idea or what? Well I think so

[richb]

quote:The bbc are running a poll today which currently stands at 2-1 against more cameras!!

Post the URL and let's see if we can make it 3:1

[nmilton]

It's already down to 32% in favour of more cameras. Not far to go ! Unfortunately since I've managed to vote about 3 times all I manage to get now is the results page. Go to www.bbc.co.uk and follow the "News" link. More worrying are some of the comments being made in the "Talking Point" section about whether we should have more speed cameras. It's frightening that there are people out there who want *more* cameras (and hidden ones at that !). I bet they'd change their tune if they ever got done for speeding by one !! However, it seems to be this sort of minority that is winning the day, largely because it's easy to hide behind the argument that anyone who speeds is a potential killer, which rather destroys any rationality they might have in an argument. It reminds me of a radio interview where a teacher (or someone like that) was being given a hard time because they were teaching children how to shoot rifles on a firing range. The interviewer (a woman) claimed that he was equipping them to be killers, to which the teacher replied that she was "equipped" to be a prostitute but that presumeably she wasn't !

[nmilton]

URL is : http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_1488000/1488706.stm

[mel]

Bloody thing only lets you vote once though !!!!!!!

[nmilton]

I think if you go out of the site and close IE and then go back in it gives you another go. Might need to clear your history and temp files though. I'm up to about 4 or 5 votes

[mel]

errrrrrr too complicated !!!!!!

[mel]

errrrrrr too complicated !!!!!! I think I'll call the IT helpdesk and ask them how to cheat And while I'm at it I'll ask them how to edit a post without putting it up twice Edited by mel on Monday 13th August 16:42

[campbell]

If you work out how to vote more than once please let me know Ive tryed clearing out my history file and temp file and it made no difference Thanks C

[SimonRanson]

To vote more than once, you need to delete the '[e-mail]' cookie from your temporary internet files directory. Simon