Speed cams? Fixed ones?
Folk get used to where they are anyway - so revenue dries up eventually anyway.
Apart from the fact - they will only measure speed and the first thing the person knows about their "breaking of the law" is two weeks later.
There is so much more to road safety than speed alone. Heck - one of the many criticisms against us lies in the claims that few get "fined for speeding"
On the contrary - more get prosecuted for much more serious traffic offences.
Sure - we are not perfect. Sadly, people make mistakes - some of which have appallingly traumatic outcomes for them.
But if we can keep plugging the message that you passing an initial driving test is just the start. We do not know it all at that point - nor ever - as roads change.. cars change.. the people we share the roads with are never the same and - even when they are - subject to human emotions which can affect how they behave or react from time to time. We need to develop a strategy which takes account of all these issues .. and COAST would seem to lend itself well as the "slick starting package for future constant skill development".
I would hope Swindon move to our "beacon model" of the many "Slow Down signs/VAS/SID" and other sundry, but sensible, engineering on our busier roads. Advance announcement of where the "van" :yikes" will be on the local press
- and most of our cars out there somewhere
Along with more available cash for school/college liaison work whereby we assist with lessons in the Highway Code and prmote Bikeability.
Budgets are tight and I will hope that Swindon use their budget allocation for road safety cash - part of which they had to donate in accordance with their now dissolved partnership commitment - on wise forward thinking and long term improvements.
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I learned of this great initiative on the BBC Breakfast News and I was appalled at the way Cllr. Greenhalgh was treated during his interview. Practically every question was loaded with accident statistics from the police and DfT. It's clear that the lefty lentil-eaters within the BBC don't like this initiative and were determined to make some sort of pariah out of him.
