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Having received a fairly bland reply from Ladyman to my first ever letter to my MP (she forwarded it to Ladyman to reply), I have decided to follow it up at what would seem an appropriate time.

Roger did a great job of editing my previous rant and if anyone has any suggestions about this one feel free to comment:

Dear ,

An answer (for what it was worth) did eventually arrive but it did nothing to address the points raised. I presume Jessica would have received a copy.

Given the news of the last couple of days where it has been clearly shown that the whole speed camera policy is fundamentally flawed I would ask again that Jessica would please revisit this issue on my behalf and I would hope this time to receive a substantive reply as to why this policy based on clearly flawed science and statistics is allowed to continue.

It comes to something when even BRAKE the well known anti-speeding campaign group start issuing statements that make no mention of speeding but say:


"Brake implores drivers to give their full attention to the road."


With so many drivers spending a disproportionate amount of time analysing their speedometer, watching out for yellow boxes hidden behind shrubbery and looking for vans on overpasses up to a kilometer away it is hardly surprising to hear that driver inattention is the biggest cause of accidents on our roads.

It is time to get back to education of all road users and away from the failed speed camera policy started in the early 1990’s. To people have died as a result of this and it must stop now.

It was also with sadness that I noted the rise in cyclists deaths. With the terrible accident that cost five lives in one incident near Abergele in January, it is worth raising the point that if the officers who attended the earlier accident had had road safety at the forefront of there mind they would have at the very least put up signs warning of the black ice if not closed the road, those 5 lives would not have been lost.

It will be much harder to brush this under the carpet with such a huge amount of adverse press coverage this time around.

I look forward to hearing from you and Jessica in the near future.