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http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news- ... s_id=13809
The number of speed cameras in London has risen by over 100 in the last year, with a similar increase in numbers likely over the next 12 months.

According to figures from the London Safety Camera Partnership (LSCP), there are now 470 speed cameras in London. The dubious honour of the borough with the most cameras goes to Croydon, with 32, followed by Enfield (29) and Tower Hamlets (25). The lowest is Kensington & Chelsea, with none, while the average number per borough is 14.

There are also 276 cameras to catch motorists who drive through red lights, an average of eight per borough.

The RAC Foundation said it was concerned about the rise in cameras, executive director Edmund King saying: 'We should be getting more police patrols instead of just putting up cameras, which can't spot dangerous drivers or drug- and drink-drivers.'

Although it plans to install more cameras in the next year, the LSCP is also expected to concentrate on identifying more offenders, as of the 310,000 motorists caught speeding by cameras last year, only 162,000 paid their fines. It will also install more speed indication devices, which flash up a driver's speed without taking a photograph, and is starting speed awareness courses for offenders from April.

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

Now look at traffic calming measures in towns --is it the house price, is it the location or is it the powerbase of the residents, but council estates have most, those round the higher priced estates, with a high proportion of elected persons have least.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

yes and no

council estates - boy racers etc

upmarket- how dare they drive past my house like that

i would say i have more core site in poor areas, with rCS sites elsewhere

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now retired

CO - there are probably two reasons not to park up in poorer areas -

1) most cars are not registered - so no income from that trip.

and 2 - you'll find that out when you try to leave -

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on