A way of making the
government yet more money, cynically disguised as a way of stopping accidents. As with most of this government's ways of conning the public, anyone with an
IQ of over 15 can work out it's just a
con. Often speeding signs are not clearly visible (my mother was caught out like this), and in Luton a couple of years ago there were ten (!) police officers standing on a roadside stopping cars at random in the
hope that one of the drivers might not have insurance or an up-to-date tax disc. Given the crime rate in Luton, is anyone out there seriously going to tell me they had nothing better to do? But back to the point. I'm not in favour of speeding (I saw a lunatic using a housing estate as a race track), but 5% of accidents are due to speeding. Speed cameras can't stop
people driving
like they're on the dodgems. And now
people are having to keep a constant eye on their speed-o-meters, thus are distracted from the road ahead. Nice one, New Labour.
In court this morning a man was fined £200 and
18 months loss of license after being caught speeding by one of the speed cameras. In the
next court-room a man was let off with a warning for
GBH.
