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04/12/07

I've tried searching for a news item which I heard this morning on BBC1 breakfast news for the Midlands but I can't see any reference to it on their website.

I was half way through shaving and waking up but it went something like:

"the latest government statistics show ??? million pounds have been generated in speeding fines however there have been hardly any change in the number of accidents".

Did anyone else hear or see it?

It tells me that, if anything, the KSI figures is inversely proportional to the number of cameras - by their own admission.

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I heard it too!

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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

Also in the Eastern region.

Have been trying to find the information, but without success

It was on the news in suffolk and it said that speeding convictions have gone up 3 fold.

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws.

See posting at;

http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16594

See Hansard:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 9w0025.htm

and the following page

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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

Cheers Dr L Might have guessed Paul would be on it like a lion on a zebra's back. Last night at 12:16 a.m to be exact

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.