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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Date: Sep 10, 2008 10:10
Derek miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On the hill where I live they installed 12 cameras (6 each side of
> the road ) on 1.2 miles of road.
Jings crivens.
A similar incident close to where I live saw a similar knee-jerk
response by councillors. The bald facts were that a car driver, who was
driving at 85mph in a 50mph limit crossed onto the other side of the
road killing seven people. Local councillors ranted about the speeding
and the inevitable loss of life and demanded speed cameras and "traffic
calming" by which they meant chicanes, on a major 'A' road.
During all the hysteria the hysterical forgot to take account of the
fact that drink and drugs seemed to be the real cause of the accident.
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