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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 18:39 
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Bristol mayor George Ferguson considers switching speed cameras back on
By Emily_Koch Follow - Thursday, March 28, 2013

Bristol mayor George Ferguson is in talks with police to consider switching speed cameras back on in the city.

The city’s 37 fixed point speed cameras and traffic light cameras were switched off in April 2011 as part of a nationwide cost-cutting exercise.

It was left to local authorities to make the final decision on whether to cut the deterrents.

The Safecam partnership was abolished, leaving the cameras – 20 of which were red light cameras – switched off indefinitely.
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Mayor George Ferguson is in discussion with the Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens.

He says that certain junctions need to be made safer - and that if cameras play a part in doing that then they may need to be switched back on in some places.

But he also told the Post this morning that "nobody should assume that cameras [in Bristol] are off".

When asked about the funding, he said he didn't think anybody made money out of them, but that they also didn't lose much money because of the fines paid to police.

Mayor Ferguson said a decision should be made within the next six months.

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Clearly if the Speed Industry open up their doors then the Treasury / Police will see a lot less income from them! But then what is the point of having them at all, as even if they were only 'breaking even' there is so much harm being done to driving standards with no advantages to better road safety. :(

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 22:18 
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HMM- it's March, and in May time we've got ELECTIONS to county and local councils . Is the first shot in a campaign to appease the "save the kittens & rabbits " campaign .

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 09:57 
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I don't get this at all! It should be the easiest thing in the world to look at the KSI figures from (say) April 2009 to April 2011, then at the end of next month, compare them with the figures from April 2011 to April 2013 and see if they're higher or lower - it's hardly rocket science!

...unless, of course, the decision has already be taken and they don't want to be inconvenienced by "facts" getting in the way...


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I don't get this at all! It should be the easiest thing in the world to look at the KSI figures from (say) April 2009 to April 2011, then at the end of next month, compare them with the figures from April 2011 to April 2013 and see if they're higher or lower - it's hardly rocket science!

...unless, of course, the decision has already be taken and they don't want to be inconvenienced by "facts" getting in the way...


I'm sure if they show KSI rates going down it'll be because they removed speed cameras.

If they show them going up it'll be a statistical anomaly.


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Well, that would at least START to redress the balance Weepy! How many years have we had it the other way from the SCPs and those who stand to gain from them? :lol:


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Mole wrote:

...unless, of course, the decision has already be taken and they don't want to be inconvenienced by "facts" getting in the way...

Many a true word oft made in jest . :D

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