"dennis@home" wrote in message
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:



No Dennis, its the desire to use speed cameras as revenue producers.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


In Stalybridge some speed cameras are painted green to help them blend in
with the trees.

Tameside council website says

"Camera sites have to be clearly visible from a distance of at least 60
metres"

"The purpose of safety cameras is to improve the safety of roads for all
road users. Speed limits are in place for a very good reason - to inform
motorists of the safest maximum speed for a stretch of road. Motorists
who break the speed limit are putting themselves and other road users at
risk"

A camouflaged camera is not helping people remember the speed limit and
is not clearly visible from 60 metres. It is a revenue producer.

How can it be?
A camera has to be part of the safety camera scheme before the local
authority gets any of the revenue.
It can't be part of the safety camera scheme if its hidden.
Its there to catch the idiots and costs the local authority money to
operate.

They should hide them all and that will get the idiots disqualified
quicker.


I did not write Tamesides website.

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/traffic/speedlimits

It also says

"The cost of installing and using cameras comes only from drivers breaking
the speed limit"

Someone is lying, and I suspect Tameside.

The cameras were camouflaged blue where there were no trees but the street
lights had blue posts.

Adam