"John Rumm" wrote in message
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N. Thornton wrote:

The saving lives argument doesnt hold for one simple reason: one can
save far more lives with less effort, less cost and no trampling on
peoples basic rights by putting up more speed cameras.

There is good evidence that when you saturate an area with speed cameras
the accident rate goes up. This is because many people stop driving on
the main roads to avoid the cameras, and start cutting through narrower
back streets - hence mixing more people and traffic which is always a
recipe for accidents.

It has also been found that other crime rises because people start to
feel "under siege" and hence less likey to co-operate with the police.
You only need look at north Wales where they have a speeding obsessed
chief constable - the number of tickets issued has risen massivly, but
at the same time as the detection and clearup rates for other serious
crime has plummeted to the some of the lowest figures in the country.

Good point.


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