civil engineer wrote:
dangerous precident.
not a big leap to funding air ambulances etc from the fines.
I was being cheeky about where the funding comes from
don't care which pot its from really.
The point I was wanting to make was that road safety needs spending and investment rather than blind threats to speed 'transgressors' who may or may not be riskier than 'non-transgressors'.
In the NHS we spend time and money on supporting people to stop smoking face to face, or in groups (100,000 smoking deaths v 3000 road deaths a year). People said they wanted this intensive level of support and its working. What we do know is that historical scare tactics (Smoking Kills) make people aware but don't change behaviour significantly. Hence 70% of smokers
want to quit but need more help.
And then we look at the 'Speed Kills' approach. All posters, adverts & cameras and no individual help to avoid accidents.