JJ - Steve - as Ernest has pointed out - deaths are up. I've lived in this area now for over 20 years and whilst I can appreciate that news reporting is a bit quicker due to computer publishing technology - I find I reading about increases rather than decreases in the county. Admittedly - not where you enforcing the speed limit - but then - you are only enforcing where the BiB used to guarantee finding speeders but no accidents anyway!
JJ wrote:
SafeSpeed wrote:
JJ wrote:
But you already knew how many sites are listed on the CSC website so why bring the matter up
When official figures are in conflict I ask questions.
Remind me, what percentage of crashes are caused or contributed to by otherwise responsible motorists exceeding a speed limit?
You don't answer difficult questions do you? (Please prove me wrong).
I'll tell you what Paul, as we are responsible for enforcing the speed limit at accident hot spots and not for imposing or deciding upon speed limits, why don't you direct your campaign towards those who are responsible for setting the speed limit?
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Don't actually recall accidents until you lot started there anyway. Now I hear of many - only outside the 40 mph - just - and not exactly speed related either so I hear.
As for the rest - as mentioned: you station at the places where we know the BiB used to cop folks - lucrative but not exactly accident hot spots.
JJ Steve singing and dancing into a into a lather again wrote:
As your campaign is largely negative, i.e. trying to stop something being done, why don't you concentrate on what you consider to be the positive side of your campaign, i.e. the increase of some speed limits and a reduction in enforcement?
I would sign any petition to raise the motorway speed limit
I would like it to be unlimited but I'd settle for a mere 80 mph for starts provided there is scope for review -
UPWARDS AND ONWARDS!
JJ in a male menopausal strop wrote:
If you have the courage of your convictions regarding this, this is surely the action a reasonable campaigner would take but it isn't is it?
The reason you don't do this is because you know very well that there is a large majority of drivers and the public who simply regard you as a crank and quite wrong as did the presenter and the studio guests on the Bannister programme last Thursday night. Oh I forgot the 2 rerspondents who didn't agree also.
Hmm - I mention Paul's campaign to a good many and they do support him. When I have heard Paul on National Radio - like Radio Two a bit back and Radio Five and once on Radio Four - and on GMR - he came across well and people phoned in their support at the time.
The people I have mentioned this site to have told me that they support and I am hoping they will put money where mouths are.
I also think it reassuring that there is a thread on here proving the site is making people think about driving and we even encouraged Cyclist to do and succeed in an IAM test. I try where I can to include our cycling pals as I ride a bike myself! I look for things which will interest them and hope they will add their views. Road safety includes everyone after all!
Plus IG and Ian plugging the COAST message and numerous good practice tips all over this sitte from Paul and contributors to the forum - this does more for road safety than a speed cam as it promotes
awareness Steve, Kecin and Jan. Awareness saves lives - and awareness and COAST observation means we drive PROPERLY amnd SAFELY ALLL THE TIME! That's the real safety message and I think Paul is achieving a great deal via a forum which attracts input from yourselves, belladonna, and policemen such as IG, Iam , cotwold et al.
I know you may take my playing with your name in fun (and given my job I think I am entitled to some bantering fun - and don't take i the wrong way - Steve) - but the bottom line is that we are all committed to the same goal: SAFETY!
You know darned well that this site is more about road safety but we cannot pretend that a speed camera is adding much to saving lives - can we!
Could you explain why IG's patch is 24% down on a rate already below UK average - all via BiB enforcement, discretion and fair play?