So, they are "cracking down" on speeding on what evidence?
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Speeding contributes to around 14% of all collisions involving an injury, 15% of crashes resulting in a serious injury and 24% of collisions which result in death.
Only contributes! Didn't they ask themselves what causes all the other 86%, 85% and 76% of the above events before deciding speed is the thing to target?
The real reason is here:
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Jim Coleman, the city council’s roads spokesman, said: “Problems with speeding in inner city and residential areas continues to be a priority for our local communities.
It's votes then.
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A Strathclyde Police week of action last month resulted in more than 2000 drivers being prosecuted for various driving offences.
Almost half were for speeding and “inappropriate” driving.
So, how many were actually for speeding then?