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MrBitsy (ray.keattch@MUDntlworld.com) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying : 

>> 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.

They don't even catch all of those. They catch the ones who are nice 
enough to drive legally registered cars with the correct plates on them.

>>> > 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.

> 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 40 that was an NSL three weeks previously.
 
> 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.

Driver C is pissed off his face, doing 60 in a car that he bought "off a 
bloke in a pub", which DVLA knows nothing about. He has no VED, driving 
licence (having lost it several years ago after his latest drink drive 
conviction), insurance or MOT. He gets photographed. The photo gets sent 
to the last registered owner of the car, who sold it in good faith a year 
previously, who sends it back with a covering letter stating honestly 
that he sold it, for cash, and giving the (false) name and address the 
buyer gave him.

Ten minutes later, driver C crashes into your car parked outside your 
house, and legs it into the night, laughing, before buying another car in 
the pub tomorrow night. Fortunately, nobody's injured. This time.