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Both petitions have jumped up now - I suspect they've simply disabled the realtime updates of frontpage names and totals to ease strain on an obviously strained database. I'd guess they'll be running periodic batch updates at quiet times rather than updating on each insert. Or at least that's what I'd do if I was running the site.

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Carl Prescott

It suddenly jumped to 4,808.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Ha! I came here to post just about exactly that.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Also sign the petition agains road pricing

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the planned vehicle tracking and road pricing policy."

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/

Submitted by Peter Roberts –
Deadline to sign up by: 20 February 2007 –
Signatures: 1,200,454

Now shot up to 5269 and 25th overall, overtaking the Gurkhas, non-geographic telephone numbers and university tuition fees. There are three more above within about 200 votes.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

It is now 2nd in the transport and infrastructure section, 2nd only to that big one and that will expire next week so it will soon be #1 (for the section).

It's currently 22nd overall and will soon leapfrog a whole bunch more.

Still 22nd with 5,889 sigs.

Some nice publicity today in a major local paper: Press and Journal

I've also recorded a long interview on the subject with local radio this morning (MFR).

[I'm about 30 items behind with Safe Speed in the News and Media forum, hopefully I'll get it done today.]

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Now 20th, with 6,107, and going faster than ever, with 2.3 sigs / minute.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Now 18th with 6,235. Amazing.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Radio 4 mentioned the travel tax petition recently, they also mentioned that it was not the only one on the site. And they appeared to like the "stand on his head and juggle ice cream" one.

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Andrew.

Can't find a link to it on the ABD site....

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Speed camera policy Kills

6514.... 17th
just over taken the Cof E church repairs,
Next in sight is the sexual oriantation/goods and services (6565)

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

And now 6700 and past that one

Next, flights to Cyprus, which is 7098.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

Now 16th with 6,700, after just 5 days. It's put on about 1,800 in the last 24 hours.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

The '0870' one is catching us up. Looks like we might be overtaken for the first time.

If anyone hasn't signed yet (and wants to) now would be a very good time...

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/scrapcam

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

That's one that is obviously likely to appeal to a lot of people looking at the site for the first time.

On the other hand, the Cyprus flights one, which is the next above, sounds like the product of intensive lobbying by a special interest group.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

Now 7,063, and we're hanging on for dear life just ahead of the 0870 one. The gap's been down to just 1, and up to 15 again. Now it's at 4.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Why does the position in the league table matter?

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Malcolm W.
The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not represent the views of Safespeed.

If it's "Top Twenty" or "Top Ten" or "Top Five", it has more public impact.

Just like record charts - chart position is more important than absolute sales.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

Both have now overtaken Cyprus.

0870: 7122

Speed Cameras: 7120

Cyprus: 7107

Anyway, I signed the 0870 one ages ago - it's a disgraceful ripoff

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed