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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 19:09 
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See the attached article in today's birmingham post. Note that it is the Council that appears to have blocked the instalation rather than the police themselves.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 19:41 
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The report also says the number of accidents on the A38 Tyburn Road had dropped since the bus lanes were scrapped :lol:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 19:46 
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Two good things then--
1) a councillor blocking cameras (especially in birmingham)
2) Admitting that the bus lane caused accidents

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City council cabinet member Len Gregory, who refused to approve the proposal, said the cameras were not needed because there had been a decrease in the number of traffic accidents since the suspension of the Tyburn Road bus lane in July 2004.


What next - well we saw on their site in Jan 2005
Speed cameras are just a way of making money out of motorists ? YES 71%
NO 29%
No. of Votes - 2512
and Jul 2005
Fewer accidents are likely to happen on roads where speed cameras are installed ? YES 13%
NO 87%
No. of Votes - 13026
Perhaps they're listening to the public - now NIP (pun intended) over to Warks and infect them[/quote]

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