The problem with speed cameras is that they are as effective as a blunderbuss. They seldom reach the intended target and mostly strike at perfectly safe drivers going about their business as lawfully as they reasonably can. Speed cameras are mostly used to collect revenue and impose penalties on drivers who marginally exceed a speed limit where it was quite safe to do so. The penalties do not make them better drivers, it just makes them drive to minimise the risk of getting a speeding penalty, rather than driving to minimise the risk of an accident.

The effect of speeding fines and penalty points on normal drivers, who are concerned to drive as safely as they can, is just to force a wedge of resentment between the them and the police. Drivers come to see the police as only wanting to penalise them at every opportunity, rather than helping them to improve their driving. Drivers no longer believe the safety police messages and have come to see them as no more than false propaganda.

If only our British police force could get out of their safe and cosy offices and catch really dangerous motorists we would not be in the present situation.

Speed cameras were invented to make money. They have no connection with road safety in any way. They should be made illegal immediately and replace with radar-based speed warning signs as used by some police forces now.

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