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Article #385Re: Cambs Safety Camera Bloke on Radio this morning..
From: MrBitsy
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:47
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:47
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"Colin Davidson" <cabd2@biotech.cam.ac.uk> wrote in news:ch4899$lfm$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk: >> But that's what we've got. > > Don't be silly. > > Police resources, especially in Cambs, are spread thinly. By using > something like a camera system, they can catch a larger proportion of > people breaking the law, > Thats a laugh - they catch people who are only speeding. >> > That the mobile cameras pick out people visibly and obviously >> > breaking the law is clearly a good thing. >> >> But they *DON'T* > > They do. They pick out people who are speeding, which is a > contributory factor in a huge proportion of accidents. > Another laugh. Driver A is paying full attention to the road, has had 10 hours sleep previously and has a car regularly maintained. The crime may be 48 in a 40. A similar skilled driver in a similarly maintained vehicle can do 70mph on the same stretch of road and not be a danger to others - a policeman. Driver B could be on the way home from a burglary, have a vehicle that is poorly maintained yet get home scot free by just doing 40mph. MrBitsy.
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