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 Post subject: Truth will out
PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 09:51 
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/mai ... rjon12.xml

Honest John:

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Using the Freedom of Information Act, I have discovered that more than 65 per cent of speeding tickets are issued to those aged over 35. Meanwhile, the under 35s are involved in 60 per cent of road accidents. Clearly, “safety” cameras are not hitting the target group most likely to suffer death and injury on our roads.
B.C., Nailsea

Someone has to pay for the upkeep of speed-camera partnerships and for some of our wonderful Government's mistakes. How else could it be done without obvious income-tax increases? There is evidence that speed-camera policy has increased the UK road death rate, but the Government refuses to sponsor independent research into this, or indeed carry out its own research in case a mole spills the beans before it can put a spin on the results.


I'd love to see those figures, anyone got any ideas?

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I've emailed BC c/o Honest John.

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 Post subject: Re: Truth will out
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BC wrote:
the under 35s are involved in 60 per cent of road accidents. Clearly, “safety” cameras are not hitting the target group most likely to suffer death and injury on our roads.

Does 'involved' include those not driving? (I suspect so) If so then the conclusion probably isn't valid.

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SafeSpeed wrote:
I've emailed BC c/o Honest John.


Honest John has replied - he's forwarded my email.

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I dont know about elsewhere, but in Cumbria the news reports give the same impression!

Even a look at the CSCP site shows concern at young driver casualties, and I seem to recall that on their forum, they once quoted the average age of those ticketed as being in the mid forties.

One of the southern partnerships is targeting passengers of young drivers to get them to say NO to those who drive too fast, so it looks as though the concern is widespread.

2002 data here, but I cannot read it on my laptop!
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=7817
Road casualties: by age and type of road user, 2002: Regional Trends 38

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