I have another idea - replace it with a human being, in uniform, patrolling the steets of the town in question , to deter and detect real crime!
Edited by Armitage Shanks {p} on 20/04/2008 at 22:18
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for 2,000 quid ?
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for 2 000 quid ?
No. But am I the only one who would prefer the option of paying the real price for properly policed roads?
How much money is collected from all the cameras around the country? I'm talking total income, not just any surplus after costs of operating the system. I expect that figure could pay for a fair few traffic officers.
How about removing the entire camera system and instead collecting the same income from all road users (e.g. through the cost of a tax disc) and using the money to pay for more trained, experienced professionals.
Current system:
1. Drive safely [*] below speed limit: ok
2. Drive dangerously below speed limit: likely to get away with it unless you actually cause an accident
3. Drive safely above speed limit: might get prosecuted
4. Drive dangerously above speed limit: might get caught on camera but not likely to get proper dangerous driving conviction unless you actually cause an accident
Surely better:
1. Drive safely below speed limit: ok
2. Drive dangerously below speed limit: more traffic police therefore more likely to get caught BEFORE you actually an accident
3. Drive safely above speed limit: ok
4. Drive dangerously above speed limit: more traffic police therefore more likely to get caught BEFORE you actually an accident
Dangerous drivers are more likely to be caught before they cause accidents instead of after, when it's too late, and the (IMO logically indefensible) possibility of acquiring a driving conviction while you are driving safely has been removed. The only down side is the cost. For safer roads, and for the confidence of knowing that if I ever get a driving conviction it can only be based on an individual assessment of the particular cirumstances by someone who knows what they are talking about, I would be very happy to pay the cost if I had the option.
[*] "safely" is as determined by the trained professional, not the driver. In the event of any disagreement, the traffic police would be available to explain where the driver's judgement was flawed.
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I think these SIDs are funded from the so called Scameras.
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As we all know, the mechanistic task of enforcing speed limits with the sturdy, pink cheeked, old fashioned coppers of yore, is hogwash. It never worked. As one loon is being processed, 95 pass the scene at warp speed, grinning. Nicking travelling thieves etc, and detecting some motoring offences, where discretion and knowledge are required, is helped by the mechanistic tasks being automated. Otherwise even less will be done.
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I happen to like SIDs. I think all speed cameras should be removed and replaced with these wonderful devices.
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They even do them in trailers ready for you to connect to your towbar! That variety indicates your actual speed.
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