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Dixie
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CRASHES SOAR IN GATSO ROAD
10 December 2006

ACCIDENTS have more than TRIPLED since a speed camera was put up on a busy road.

But locals hate the Gatso so much that it has been repeatedly targeted by vandals.

The camera - on New Bristol Road in the Somerset seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare - is currently out of action after being set on fire last week.

Meanwhile, figures show that speed cameras in the area have raised a staggering £4.5million - in just nine months.


I thought they were supposed to stop accidents, and where not about making money. :roll:

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mpaton2004 wrote:
RTTM.


You mean they have started to place cameras where crashes have been at an unusually low level? That'd produce a whole slew of very interesting results. :hehe:

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These two links from PePiPoo are about the same as above :) .

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1266/lastscanob3.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7679/scanxs9.jpg

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they will instantly say, well people are still speeding, thats why there are the crashes.- the money is the by product.

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Nope - it's the "vandals" fault apparently:

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The people vandalising the cameras have blood on their hands


There's just no getting through to some people :banghead:

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