dennis@home wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...


And I would love to know who puts the big sign up at Conisbrough
on the A630
saying "Speed trap in 2 miles" everytime there is a scamera van
parked up 2
miles away. They are not parked up helping a village from speeding
traffic,
they are parked up waiting to catch out drivers where the road
changes from
60 to 40 mph

Improves the "crime" clear up rate a treat, not to mention the
revenue it generates...

It also catches inattentive drivers, much like Gatsos do.
Attentive drivers don't get caught by either.

The police use hidden cameras if they just want to catch speeders.

I have no sympathy at all for anyone stupid enough to get caught by a
visible speed trap.
I don't have much for the ones caught by hidden ones either but at
least they may actually be paying attention unlike the others.

I think compulsory eyesight tests should be required if you are
caught by a visible speed trap.

I partially agree with you. Surveys suggest as many as 1 in 20 drivers
cannot pass the basic eyesight test needed to pass the driving exam. And to
be fair that eyesight test is not much of a test.

But then it is not the speed limit that is the problem. The ones that would
fail the eyesight test are a danger when doing under the speed limit.

--
Adam