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In Holland, the first death due to a speedcam is a fact. Last weekend a motorcyclist driving with his buddy, got distracted by a mobile speedcam, reduced the throttle out of automatic reflex, his trailing buddy also got distracted (we guess), didn't see the decrease in speed and bumped into him.
As a result he lost controle of the motor, fell and slide against the guardrail, slamming his head into it and died on the spot.
The police have tried to cover it up by not mentioning it at all in press releases and interview on site, but we found out and it got national attention.

In our (Dutch article)
http://www.flitsservice.nl/cm_php/nieuws/nieuwsbericht.php?id=4855 there are
some usefull links, including the police interview, you might want to follow
and use http://google.com/translate to translate

Met vriendelijke groet,
Martijn
www.Flitsservice.nl

Update2: radar control causes deadly accident (Update) 13/09/2010 Sunday 12 September 2010 for 16:24 hour was passed on a report to Flitsservice.nl that there on A28 off hectometerpaaltje 146,2 the radar control stood. The exact location of this control has been confirmed by Flitsservice.nl volunteer.
Vanmorgen the following reached us reported:
Of the comes for life at accident Sunday evening around 19.15 of for living at an accident on the linkerbaan A28 has come. During catching up with a car touched he of those for him drove and came thereby at fall. Thereby he incurred such wounds that he has died to that on the spot. During the settlement of the traffic accident, among which the research of the department movement accidents analysis, the traffic has been diverted as from the exit Pesse.
Around 22.00 A28 it has been released.
SOURCE: Police force Drenthe With no word it is mentioned that there off the accident a radar control stood, which was immediately wrapped up afterwards. Also against RTV Drenthe by the police force spokesman it is not communicated that there a control stood and that this of influence has been. It cannot also this way be that they did not know this. Of course the police force knew Drenthe what the role of the radar control has been: Inferring, exactly where the police force checks still more intensively on nowadays. Until they ensure the diversion, then it remains quiet.

See video also this on Youtube.
The police force Drenthe confirms after telephone contact that us indeed a radar control present there was. The inspector) has immediately tried tesamen with other of the, offer first aid, unfortunately in vain. He has vervolgens wrapped up the radar and is, after ambulance and collega' s on the spot came left. Also the police force communicates our " that our conclusion too premature is and that the misfortune still in research is". With all respecht, police force Drenthe, but 1+1 is nevertheless real 2. That is our conclusion.

It is too occasional that of the lies 200 meters after a radar control dead on the motorway. They have tried hide it and conceal. Unworthily, for an institute as a police force. We have meanwhile had contact with first of the. What has happened: They had that day been on going for a ride excursions and now on gone to house. They drive concerning A28 changed gear such as that then is called and the first savage will catch up with a car. At that moment he sees the radar control and late instinctive z' n gas loose. Then he notices a duw in its back and sees in z' n mirror z' n motormaatje from under goes. Those have slid against the crash barriers.
Why he did not observe the speed reduction a riddle is. Tired? Also the attention aimed at the control? We will know it never. Hindmost of the, father of 2 young children, was on battle. Thanks to a gut reaction on a radar control. Regular happening by it accidents at radar controls motorists who stand abruptly on the brake. It is not also this way that the police force this not weet. We have in the past warned them. And not only we have called this.
Also the foundation Wetenschappenlijk communicated road safety to research in 2004, all what is the disadvantageous impact of radar controls:
SWOV want study into the onveiligheid of speed controls http://www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2004-04.pdf
Page: 47 (49 in PDF)
A causal link between applied method and the ontstaan of accidents have not been shown with that, but nearly every motorist knows the phenomenon of to slow down at approach of flitspaal. And sometimes happens that slow down fairly abrupt. The homogeneity of the traffic flow can be disturbed as a result, certainly when the flitspaal (at) leave it is observed or when some drivers the flitspaal, however, do not observe and other. The chance on head staartbotsingen increases as a result. In extreme cases, like at a high file speed and/or a pavement, is possible the driver even the power concerning the wheel losses and in a ditch end up or against an obstacle clash. Also in international literature this phenomenon has been identified, but study into the impact of it on the accident chance is so far not carried out (Elvik & Vaa, 2004). Such research has been, however, needed, temeer because also from some evaluation studies into the impact of roodlichtcamera' s forward has come, that these to an increase of head tail collision can lead (McGee & Eccles, 2003).
Such research seems, on the basis of the file of registered accidents, also in the short term feasible. For those those clamours: " They would not have had but too rapidly rijden" , it does not make from or they yes or no break the speed limit. Also drive people who on the limit or want kick from reflex pardoes on the brake. From fright, fear for a fine? Because people do that onstaan frequently also traffic-jams The solution is increase of the fork on which is flashed. We plead there for that is it just flashed at 20 km/u overshooting on snelwegen. Because of this prevention we the vele " exactly something at hard" fines and people will react much less panicky at a control.
Figures CJIB:
Something too hard of the is the milk cow The figures speak for itself…. Kindest we see that control there more are by judicious agents in (on) striking politieauto' s and/or engines which then only look at further the needle on the speed indicator. That to driving behaviour look at and obtain those that effectively road safety to endanger. Road safety cannot express you in kilometres per hour.