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Falcon of  
  posted this to uk.local.birmingham on Sun, 26 Apr 1998 20:35:29 +0100

' The idiots who race between speed cameras putting lives at risk are the ones
' who deserve our contempt.

They are not necessarily 'idiots'.
They are not necessarily 'racing'.
They are not necessarily putting lives at risk.
They may well be travelling at a higher speed than the speed limit because
they can see that it is safe to do so.
The safe speed on any road varies continously according to road conditions,
weather, other road users. It is not always the speed which some bureaucrat
as put on the speed limit signs.
Sometimes it is higher, sometimes it is lower.
Speed cameras are not intended to improve road safety, otherwise they wouldn't
be hidden behind trees, bushes, and road signs.
They are intended to extort yet more money from drivers who don't know where
they are.

Chris Ward