RE: Community Officers Get Speed Guns

[E38]

Outside schools, fair enough. But it wont take to long for these 'neighbourhood watch' types to head out to the NSL areas 'post-curricular'....

[tlracing]

Why 'fair enough'?

Surely that's the thin end of the wedge as all they'll do is make sure everyone's doing 30mph and take damn-all notice of whether they're driving safely or not.

Accidents DON'T happen because of the speed anyone's doing, they happen because people don't watch what they're doing and having a bunch of hobby-bobbies waving speed guns about will make no difference.

[PottyMouth]

The community speed watch has been around for a while. It's heavily controlled - they can only do it in pre-agreed areas-, and often the camera operators have a pcso with them for "protection".

You can't get a fine from these cameras, only a warning letter.