"chris French" wrote in message
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In message , Alan
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In message .com,
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Respect for the Police within the group of my 'law abiding'
friends
has fallen dramatically as more notice more and more Police tax
collection points on our major roads.

If they are law abiding what is the problem?

This 'tax'is easily avoided by dint of not breaking the relevant
law.

In one respect you are quite correct, but when speed limits are
reduced for no real reason and soon after a camera is erected you
really do have to ask what the real reasons are, now it could be that
they want to **** off so many motorists that they stop using their
cars and thus reduce the number of cars on the road but the more
likely reason is that it's a location that will generate income (what
ever the official line says).

I know of two cameras that have been erected within the last 18
months, both are sited for income generation rather than any safety
issues relating to speed, one is blatantly miss sited in so much that
the real danger point on the said road is a mile further down the road
(were people have been run down whilst crossing) *after* the camera -
drives can and do still exceed the speed limit at the danger point....