Essex bending the statistics?
Discussion
This Sunday's Sunday Times Driving supliment has an article on Essex Scameraship, featuring Captain Gatso 
Hidden towards the end is this nugget:
Essex Scameraship claimed in March 2002 a 21% decrease in accidents at camera sites.
BUT
Government figures released the following year, actually showed a 15% rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries within 50 metres of a camera in Essex.
Also: Essex claimed 103,488 drivers paid their FPN's in 2002. The Home Office stated that 166,725 fines were paid in Essex for that year.
Brian Ladd, Casualty Reduction Manager for Essex could only muster
Over to SafeSpeed - go get 'em Paul
Hidden towards the end is this nugget:
Essex Scameraship claimed in March 2002 a 21% decrease in accidents at camera sites.
BUT
Government figures released the following year, actually showed a 15% rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries within 50 metres of a camera in Essex.
Also: Essex claimed 103,488 drivers paid their FPN's in 2002. The Home Office stated that 166,725 fines were paid in Essex for that year.
Brian Ladd, Casualty Reduction Manager for Essex could only muster
dodgey essex geezer said:
I'm totally and utterly bemused
Over to SafeSpeed - go get 'em Paul
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