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Hi all,

camera situated on westbound A78 into Greenock right next to a main junction, now i wouldn't go over 35MPH at the camera site so i checked the speedo just before entering the site and was coming down to 35MPH, hal way into the site i thought better just double check it in case it has creeped over to 36MPH, by the time i had done this i looked up and a driver had decided to take a chance and pull out of the junction to the central reservation, i missed him but it was close, proof if any was needed that these things are a danger.

Say i had hit the car, if i was looking at the road ahead i would have been able to brake and hit his side about 10MPH or even avoid it all together but by looking at the speedo would have distributed 1 1/2 tons of metal into his door at 35MPH because of the camera..how would that have made the "safety camera" look?

Andrew

And here's a story about a camera that killed, just by being in the same area:



And then there's Stephen Weymouth:

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news ... nes.0.html

He died here:



A particular nasty problem is if two road users react differently to a camera ahead... If the front one brakes and the rear one looks down at the speedo, even a perfectly decent gap turns into nothing at all in a couple of seconds.

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And of course there's Kevin Lee:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derb ... 508471.stm

He's the trucker who killed himself because he feared that he was going to lose his job after being flashed.

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Paul Smith
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Paul,

It is particularly amazing what transport for London spokesperson said with regards to the motorbike accident.

I seem to notice "bunching" of cars at this site I was talking about where there was none before, the road (A8 not A78)could easily be a 40MPH limit.

Andrew