speed camera's a way to make money?

Question

a man travelling at 46mph on a 40mph road is flashed by speed camera, whilst taking his wife to hospital a&e, he receives 3 points & £60 fine.
a man travelling at 41mph on a 40mph road whilst drunk and swerving all over the road in a untaxed & uninsured car goes past without being flashed
speed cameras dont catch scum
what do you think?

Answer 1

yep it does seem unfair, but the law is the law. if they made it 50mph people would still go 56mph, where should they draw the line.

Answer 2

They sure are a way for the police and local councils to make that little bit of extra Cash, did you know that they now operate in joint partnership, which means they both benefit, from the poor old motorist. I drive all over the place and as today has been nice and sunny the police vans have been out all over the place, more speed vehicle out there than daffodils (or as they like to call them safety camera's !!) Yes i agree with what you are saying, its also funny how many officer's they can Russel up to operate these camera's, but cant find anyone to come round your house when you've been burgled, I guess there's no reward in catching real criminals anymore ! or is it all to do with target figure's ! One other point these speed limits were set back in the 70is, car's and braking systems have come on leaps and bounds since then, and a car travelling at 37 mph can stop quicker than they could in the 70is. OK the driver reactions may not have improved, but road surface's have.

Answer 3

I'm sure that these speed cameras have more to do with revenue, than safety. It's been proved that motorists slam on the brakes when they see these cameras. Drunk drivers are the real cause for concern and they don't get caught, cars today are built very differently to the days when the limits were set, for a start the brakes and other controls of the modern day car are far superior. Another worry that I have is that the satnav that we can buy knows where you are and what speed you're doing, it won't be long before they're built into cars and that tickets will be issued by this Big Brother spy system.

Answer 4

nicely. they have suggested and do say assorted issues. to this point each little thing they have suggested they lied approximately or spun it so it sounds ok. have not heard of any of the triumphing cameras getting used or functional for something yet making a residing. They particularly won't be able to be time-venerated as existence savers as information teach there have been greater injuries the place they are placed then there have been until now them. that's the governments and the Tory occasion's own information and surveys. when you consider that that's the Tories who're announcing this returned now, i will in basic terms have self belief it as quickly as I see it.

Answer 5

Speed Cameras are not designed to catch drink drivers, they are there to detect just what they are said to do, speed.

They are not a way to make money. In FY03/04, total revenue raise by speed camera's totalled £112 Million, whilst operating costs totalled £91 Million, thus there is a total of a £20 Million surplus nationally. This surplus is then invested in road safety measures.

I don't understand where people get the idea that they are money earners.

Speed camera's have no way to discern whether a person is driving whilst drunk or normally, their only function is to catch speeders, not catch drink drivers.

Answer 6

I agree I think speed cameras are a way to make lots of money. They argue that they are for safety only. If this was the case they should be more interested in stopping the offence from happening not cashing in on it after it has happened. This happens in other road offences too.

I know someone who got stopped after they had gone over a bridge on a major duel carriageway. There were a lot of roadwork signs up and somewhere in amongst them they had added a new one stating weight limit on the bridge. They waited for him to go over it and gave him a fine. Surely they would have been better off for safety reason in making sure the lorries came off before they went over the bridge.

I think its easy money for them to make and they should concentrate more on catching the real criminals.

:-)))

Answer 7

You are expecting too much out of simple technology. It may be in the future that we will be able to dream up a device that will measure the amount of swerving of a vehicle but it isn't in place yet

Answer 8

I take it you are in the UK. We havent had those pop up yet here in the states that i know of. We do have red light cameras in various places, which catch you running a red light. I dont have much of a problem with those-but speed cameras, thats a whole other issue. I certainly hope they dont get those in my city.

Answer 9

Couldn't agree more!

You've no doubt heard the phrase "speed kills". I dispute that. Its the sudden stop thats detrimental to health.

Answer 10

My avatar and name says what I think!