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Gizmo
PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 07:30 
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http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1059227
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Only two months ago, a similar attack occurred on a Peterborough camera on the busy A47 Soke Parkway, which resulted in one police officer labelling the attackers as "idiots" who had put hundreds of lives at risk.


stop....you are breaking my heart..... :lol:

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Anyone with information about the attack should telephone Lincolnshire police on 01522 532222, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
I bet they are inundated with calls..............not :roll:

On the subject of the Peterborough cameras I went by they Soke Parkway the other day where the roadworks are. It was a week end. 40 limit 4 cameras and...surprise surprise...no workmen... :x
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle2.aspx?sectionid=845&ArticleID=992317
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Stewart Clarkson, from the Cambridgeshire Safety Camera Partnership, said: "They are a temporary measure to enforce the temporary speed limit and make sure the work force is protected while cars are in close proximity to them."

So why are they on 24/7 ?

I think there are imortant issues regarding workmen safety and speed cameras. I think that if cameras were used ONLY during workmen hours there would be much more support from the public. I wonder if it is possible under the FOIA to get the dates AND times of convictions from the cameras used in work zones. I suspect it would highlight the fact that most offences occure where there are no workmen present.

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Hundreds of lives? There really do live in their own little world.

There are aleady over 5000 cameras and only 3500 deaths on the road a year, so if every second camera saved just one life a year deaths would be reduced to 1000.
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Do they have retirement homes for Knackered Speed Cameras :angel: or Just Put On the Scrap heap ?

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• Anyone with information about the attack should telephone Lincolnshire police on 01522 532222, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111


I'm sure they're inundated with calls??? :twisted:


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Zamzara wrote:
Hundreds of lives? There really do live in their own little world.


It's a joke.

If a camera gets trashed at a site where deaths have gone up are you not potentialy saving lives...!

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Hundred of pounds at risk that’s what he wanted to say… well done Peterborough tyre fitters
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