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SafeSpeedv2
PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 13:27 
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Robert of Pocket GPS World wrote:
Cumbria Bucks Speed Camera Trend
Article by: robert - Date: 19 Sep 2010
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Many councils have been in the news lately following decisions to cut back on their speed camera programmes. Following the Government's road safety budget cuts many are saying that they simply cannot afford to keep the cameras running.
According to Cumbria's News and Star their council is doing the opposite.
The Cumbria Road Safety Partnership not only believes that their cameras will survive, but they are going ahead with the installation of two new cameras in December.

They bought the cameras out of last year’s budget, but had to keep them under wraps until they were sure that they could afford the running costs.
As part of the coalition's nationwide £38 million cuts, Cumbria lost £255,000 funding - £213,000 of which was originally budgeted for speed cameras.
Nice to know that they can afford cameras. I wonder how many roads require repair or need proper sound engineering solutions that will make the camera obsolete?

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 19:59 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-11357817

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-11357817


See -camera news - viewtopic.php?f=14&t=23434

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A spokeswoman for the partnership said road's collision history indicated there was a significant road safety issue.


Seem to remember people jumping off bridges on M4 being classed as a "significant safety issue " ,too, so Vans were sited on bridges on the M4 -but all that would have done would have been to record images of the event -not stop it -and AFAIK that's what safety ( be it road or sea or air ) is about -STOPPING ACCIDENTS .Not sitting in a van taking pretty pictures .

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 20:41 
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The last few A41 accidents have been, an old guy having an heart attack and plowing into a lorry, killing his passenger wife and a guy crossing the road from his stopped caravan in the early hours of the morning, being hit by a passing motorist...speed cameras would have saved these people no doubt!

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The last few A41 accidents have been, an old guy having an heart attack and plowing into a lorry, killing his passenger wife and a guy crossing the road from his stopped caravan in the early hours of the morning, being hit by a passing motorist...speed cameras would have saved these people no doubt!


Hence my mention of the M4 similarity - looks like more panic measures by SCP trying not to submerge to the depths.

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botach wrote:
graball wrote:
The last few A41 accidents have been, an old guy having an heart attack and plowing into a lorry, killing his passenger wife and a guy crossing the road from his stopped caravan in the early hours of the morning, being hit by a passing motorist...speed cameras would have saved these people no doubt!


Hence my mention of the M4 similarity - looks like more panic measures by SCP trying not to submerge to the depths.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11363713

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SafeSpeedv2 wrote:
Nice to know that they can afford cameras. I wonder how many roads require repair or need proper sound engineering solutions that will make the camera obsolete?


Plenty! Someone close to me hit a pothole hard enough to BREAK a wheel. She now drives a 4x4...

Still, I'm sure we can look forward to Cumbria's roads getting safer while everywhere that cuts its camera numbers will see a proprtional increase in KSIs!

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camera operator wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-11357817


and also:

camera operator wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11363713


Not wishing to appear rude - I'm not sure that those links alone contribute much to the discussion. Even the details are fairly sparse in one of them!

Don't you have some enlightening theory or background info to add value to them?

Please don't take this as a dig at you, I'm just not sure what the message is supposed to be!

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