Inflated speed camera claim shock: Nobody shocked

[PaulC]

In possibly the most unsurprising revelation of the century thus far, UK Department for Transport has admitted that their long disputed claim of 42% improvement in crash rates around speed cameras is in fact largely propoganda and hype mixed in with a touch more hype.

According to a DfT spokesmodel, this continued distortion of plain facts has not been a deliberate attempt to justify draconian fund raising measures, but a rather much more an innocent mistake that any massively funded, overstaffed, overbearing holier than thou outfit could have made: "This was basically an oversight and it will be corrected."

It pleases me to see that at least some of the millions of Pounds extracted from the public by these Orwellian devices has been well spent by DfT, in this case by investing in a copy of Excel and somebody who knew how to perform tricky calculations such as percentages in it. One presumes that in the giddy excitement of this development, they may even splash out a few quid on real safety initiatives such as training and road quality.

Full story.

[motorbikez]

The good news is Paul the new UK government has publicly stated last week that they are ending the war on the motorist.There is to be no more fixed speed cameras sited and are drawing up plans to remove thousands of them as they have not done what they were supposed to have ie reduce deaths and accidents.

[PaulC]

Good news indeed mate, it felt for quite a while that engine users in general and motorbikes in particular were being slated for extermination.

It is very pleasing to see the takedown continue, may it eventualy see the end of these evil devices.

Now if only we could get some of the oppression of road users lifted over here...

[Gwoolie]

Dorset NOT switching their camera's off.

The Hole's Bay Green On Go camera makes to much and keeps the coffers coming in!!!

[r1 Convert]

The good news is Paul the new UK government has publicly stated last week that they are ending the war on the motorist.There is to be no more fixed speed cameras sited and are drawing up plans to remove thousands of them as they have not done what they were supposed to have ie reduce deaths and accidents.