According to the News and Star story, a majority of Cumbrians support roving cameras in a bid to cut road deaths in Cumbria.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=490793
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Safety cameras given the thumbs up
Published on 23/04/2007
SIXTY per cent of people who answered a market research survey said they would be in favour of safety cameras being able to operate anywhere in the county and not just at the current fixed sites.
The survey also reveals a continuing high level of support for the safety camera operation, with 83 per cent agreeing that safety cameras should be supported as a method of reducing casualties.
Kevin Tea, communications manager for Cumbria Safety Cameras, said: “The ongoing support from the public shows the awareness of the road safety measures taking place in Cumbria and the need to extend camera operations to further drive down the number of people being killed and seriously injured on our roads.”
Mr Tea said that the camera team were looking at research and operational changes in Australia, where the use of safety cameras was pioneered, to see if any of the methods used there could be adapted for use in Cumbria.
He said: “Despite the unacceptably high level of fatalities last year, the total number of killed and serious injury casualties was just nine short of our 2010 target.
“We are successfully slashing serious injury accidents and, together with other partners in Safer Roads for Cumbria, we need to ensure that public are aware that the majority of fatalities are local drivers and complacency or over familiarity can have fatal consequences.”
Other results from the survey carried out by CN Research reveals that:
• 53 per cent of respondents stop before the recommended three-hour period when driving long distances;
• 68 per cent of respondents do not think that safety equipment in cars lead to motorists driving more recklessly;
• Nearly all – 98 per cent – of drivers wear a seat belt while driving;
• Nearly all of respondents – 97 per cent – when passengers in the back of a car wear a seat belt;
• 98 per cent of respondents do not use a handheld mobile phone while driving.
They should have added a question asking:
After collecting enormous amounts of money from motorists who sped past cameras, yet not
stopping any, don't you think that deaths should have gone down by now, instead of up?