Contact Claire Armstrong, Safe Speed's founder:

• email : carmstrong@safespeed.org.uk

• telephone: 01862 893030. (Often available out of hours including after midnight and on weekends and holidays

• mobile: 07721 331991

• ISDN Audio: down - until further notice

• Location: North Scotland

• Medium res photo of Claire Armstrong - click here.

We provide public or private presentations of our work.

The Safe Speed road safety campaign is primarily the work of engineer-turned road safety analyst Paul Smith.

Since setting up Safe Speed in 2001, Paul Smith, 50, an advanced motorist and road safety enthusiast, and a professional engineer of 25 years UK experience, has carried out over 10,000 hours working on the campaign with well over 5,000 of those hours researching the overall effects of speed camera policy on UK road safety. In addition to those 10,000 hours, Paul has funded to campaign to the tune of £10,000. Since Pauls' death in Dec 07 Claire Armstrong continues the Campaign and continues to lobby Government for a return to proper and intelligent road safety.

We believe that this is more work in more detail than anything carried out by any other organisation. Paul's surprising conclusion is that overall speed cameras make our roads more dangerous. Paul has identified and reported a number of major flaws and false assumptions in the claims made for speed cameras, and the whole "speed kills" system of road safety.

The inescapable conclusion is that we should urgently return to the excellent road safety policies that gave us in the UK the safest roads in the World in the first place. Far from saving lives, speed cameras are a dangerous distraction.

Safe Speed does not campaign against speed limits or appropriate enforcement of motoring laws, but argues vigorously that automated speed enforcement is neither safe nor appropriate.

Safe Speed is very slimly funded by voluntary contributions to the web site. We are urgently seeking improved funding.

The Safe Speed web site contains more than 350,000 words of road safety analysis and information. We are seeking publishers for 'the book of the web site'.

It has turned out to be quite an amazing story and there are opportunities for journalists and broadcasters to explore how all this came about, what it means, and where road safety has gone so badly wrong.

The name "Safe Speed" refers to the excellent and necessary safe driving practice of a driver choosing a speed that allows him to stop safely within the distance that he knows to be clear. This is known as "the safe speed rule".

The Safe Speed logo - the letters "SS" in a speed limit roundel - is intended to communicate the idea that the "safe speed" for the circumstances should never be exceeded.

See information and analysis throughout the web site. For position, policy and copyright statements see the "front page". Naturally press release information, and the information on this page may be reproduced freely, but please don't publish our telephone numbers! 

Safe Speed issues frequent press releases and often provides unique information and a unique perspective at an early stage in news stories. There are two ways for you to receive our press information. We operate our own 'SMTP server' to deliver press release information by email direct to your inbox (first method only). 

Firstly (and best) send us an email and request inclusion on our very fast direct email distribution system. (click here) or

Secondly join our new Yahoo groups press release distribution system. With this latter method you have control and can unsubscribe automatically. The main disadvantage is that on occasions Yahoo groups may delay distribution by an hour or two. An advantage is that you can receive our press releases anonymously if you sign up with an anonymous email account. The following Links control the Yahoo Group: 

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