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Re: Cambs Safety Camera Bloke on Radio this morning..

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From: MrBitsy
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:29
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"Colin Davidson" <cabd2@biotech.cam.ac.uk> wrote in
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> 
> "Andy" <andy@nospamthanks.shonky.net> wrote in message
> news:1094028216.17762.0@sabbath.news.uk.clara.net...
>>
>>
>> Oh this made my blood boil! When trying to justify the use of mobile
>> speed cameras at night and during off peak periods on quiet roads,
>> the PILLOCK they got to speak for them said something along the lines
>> of: 
>>
>> "The reason we put the cameras there late at night is because of
>> people who are perhaps tired, or under the influence of drink and
>> drugs.. " 
>>
>> Like their mobile speed trap is going to catch any of those? It was
>> on BBC Cambs news about 30 minutes ago so hopefully will be repeated!
> 
> So there's no link between being tired, stoned or drunk and falsely
> assuming that you can drive safely at too high a speed? People who are
> tired, stoned or drunk are never more irresponsible?
> 

Perhaps you would like a new law that prosecutes when your drunk, but only 
over the speed limit? If your drunk and under the speed limit, your 
perfectly safe.
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