UK Speed Cameras Getting Switched Off

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Good news for any drivers out there in the UK! Speed cameras are beginning to be switched off in certain areas of the country. This is likely to be followed suit by the rest of the nation over the next coming months.

What's your opinion on the subject?

Personally im glad. Speed cameras are rarely effective in stopping accidents and cause people to slow down for a short period, before blasting off again; making for more dangerous traffic flow. Plus, im glad that I wont be forced to pay for P.C. Bob's next holiday anymore!
:)

In sweden they doesn't even have a camera in some, lol.

Woohoo! Finally I can drive 90MPH without the cops wanting to play chasies! xD

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Originally Posted by CrazeAlec

In sweden they doesn't even have a camera in some, lol.

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ahh that sounds great. i agree, speed cameras do nothing to stop accidents...like most "road safety" its a potential to aggrovate accidents....as the constant slowdowns, all the stupid parts of the road where a section of your half is missing. like the road indents. kinda like when there are parked cars in the way...only its pavement. annoying. it annoys people i know who drive, and iv seen these road safety things cause drivers to road rage, like shoving their way past for example...it just doesnt help to annoy drivers at all by putting their driving to an unexpected halt. and what about speed bumps on a hill? thats taking it to the extremes, my mom and other people sometimes almost lose controle of their car when they try to go over them on a hill...unneccessary, as if some hills arent hard enough to drive over in the first place

it doesnt matter much how fast driver are going, as long as its not too fast. drivers often easily can handle 50 in a 30 zone, i know, everytime i get in a car people are driving that speed, and other cars on the road are too as they are keeping the same distances along as we drive...most drivers can easily handle the speed. they only slow down for corners and cops and speed cameras. it doesnt matter what measures you put to slow traffic down, accidents will always happen due to unforseen mistakes, no matter how fast you are going. people arent perfect, and that is why accidents will always happen, cameras or not...now they are coming to realise this..they stop nothing

road accidents will always happen, largely cus ******* pedestrians dont know how to stay out of the road when traffic is driving, and iv seen someone get killed by it. i was on a bus and this guy was crossing the road, a duel carriage way in town...now he didnt look both ways and traffic was barreling down the road. he pops out from behind a line of parked cars and get hit by this red car. the force of it made him fly back to the pavement, his body all twisted and contorted. he twitched a little bit before laying still. the woman in the car got out and of course was distressed by what had happened. i saw all of this, as everyone on the bus did as it was picking people up on the stop on the other side of the road. moron got hit cus he stepped out at the wrong time..serves him right for his carelessness. well i dunno if he actually did die, but he certainly came close. no speed cameras in the world can stop a person from stepping out blindly infront of a car without looking

speed cameras prevent nothing to stop accidents, all they are for is to make yet another quick buck out of the people trying to live their lives, they got no time to drive slowly in a world where we are rushed about

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Originally Posted by Xegethra

ahh that sounds great. i agree, speed cameras do nothing to stop accidents...like most "road safety" its a potential to aggrovate accidents....as the constant slowdowns, all the stupid parts of the road where a section of your half is missing. like the road indents. kinda like when there are parked cars in the way...only its pavement. annoying. it annoys people i know who drive, and iv seen these road safety things cause drivers to road rage, like shoving their way past for example...it just doesnt help to annoy drivers at all by putting their driving to an unexpected halt. and what about speed bumps on a hill? thats taking it to the extremes, my mom and other people sometimes almost lose controle of their car when they try to go over them on a hill...unneccessary, as if some hills arent hard enough to drive over in the first place

it doesnt matter much how fast driver are going, as long as its not too fast. drivers often easily can handle 50 in a 30 zone, i know, everytime i get in a car people are driving that speed, and other cars on the road are too as they are keeping the same distances along as we drive...most drivers can easily handle the speed. they only slow down for corners and cops and speed cameras. it doesnt matter what measures you put to slow traffic down, accidents will always happen due to unforseen mistakes, no matter how fast you are going. people arent perfect, and that is why accidents will always happen, cameras or not...now they are coming to realise this..they stop nothing

road accidents will always happen, largely cus ******* pedestrians dont know how to stay out of the road when traffic is driving, and iv seen someone get killed by it. i was on a bus and this guy was crossing the road, a duel carriage way in town...now he didnt look both ways and traffic was barreling down the road. he pops out from behind a line of parked cars and get hit by this red car. the force of it made him fly back to the pavement, his body all twisted and contorted. he twitched a little bit before laying still. the woman in the car got out and of course was distressed by what had happened. i saw all of this, as everyone on the bus did as it was picking people up on the stop on the other side of the road. moron got hit cus he stepped out at the wrong time..serves him right for his carelessness. well i dunno if he actually did die, but he certainly came close. no speed cameras in the world can stop a person from stepping out blindly infront of a car without looking

speed cameras prevent nothing to stop accidents, all they are for is to make yet another quick buck out of the people trying to live their lives, they got no time to drive slowly in a world where we are rushed about

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****! Im sorry that you had to witness such a horrific accident, sounds awful.

You make a very good point though, accidents WILL happen and in my mind, speed cameras only increase that chance happening by a little more.
The only cameras that have any real effect are the average speed cameras that you see on some roads; but there is a way to trick them.

1. Time how long it takes to drive through the 'Average Speed Zone' at normal speed.
2. Drive past the 1st camera within the speed limit.
3. Drive however you like.
4. Stop about 50m away from the next camera.
5. Wait until the time of the average catches up with your time.
6. Drive on at normal speed.

Im not condoning this method, it's just what I know people do when they want to go for a fast drive on a road with these cameras. Like you said, if people want to drive fast; they will.

yeah it ws pretty horrible, it happened about 3 years ago now. i sort of feel bad, but then again it was his own stupididy that got him run over, he could have avoided it had he looked not only both ways...but used the crossing mere yards away from himself

but yeah, i know people who do similar methods to avoid getting cought by the cameras..which in some ways could contribute to an accident itself. so had the cameras not been there the chances of a crash are slightly reduced as people arent slowing and speeding up so rapidly, but driving at a nice, constant speed and no paranoia about getting flashed and losing yet more money the government wants to nab off of them

I remember some places in the US taking away the speed cameras because they reduced the tickets the cops had to give out too much ... lol...

Something about speed limits. It doesn't really matter if somebody can handle doing 50 mph in a 30mph zone. And it's not even primarily to prevent accidents - it's to reduce fatalities and serious injuries if an accident does happen - for example, if somebody is hit at 50, they more likely to suffer more minor injuries then if they were hit by someone doing 30. And what about children? They usually have no awareness, or little awareness of road safety, so cars pose the biggest threat to them.

Anyways, I reckon that if you want to drive, then you have to play by the rules. The goverment obviously don't set up speed limits just to make money, or to **** people off - remember that behind every safety tactic they set out, there is a vast majority of logic behind it.

so..if kids have less awareness then you know what you do? make them get awareness and teach them not to go in the road

but it still doesnt matter. speed cameras or not accidents will happen, even fatal ones, most of which cannot be prevented by driving slowly, but can be prevented from idiotic pedestrians just not stepping out in the road when cars are coming along

if most drivers can handle fast speeds, then they should be allowed to drive them...those that cant handle it? well train up or use public transport. it doesnt matter what speed people drive, fatal accidents wont happen as often if drivers concentrate more. of course some dont, and thus they shouldnt even be on the road in the first place, other drivers shouldnt be punished with needless over the top safety measure if these people would buck up and watch their driving and what they are doing.

and also more pedestrians should not even be in the road at all of the time of the cars....you can say what you want but if they arent in the road, when the car comes they wont get hit. all these adverts like "if you hit me at 50, ill be more likely to die than if you hit me at 30" are stupid adverts..some simple advice ill once more mention...get better judgment, and stay out of the road when the cars are coming...i dont care if its children or anyone else they should have at least that amount of common sence. if parents cant teach their kids to be aware of the road they shouldnt be parents. and if an adult cant cross by looking both ways and waiting for the cars to pass, then they shouldnt be so careless

Lets agree to disagree on this?

no..people should have common sence and stay out of the road with moving cars on it...and more drivers should concentrate more when driving. then the government wont put stupid measures that wont really help to stop fatalities cus it just aggrovates them further with unneccessary measures

common sence is more valuable than people think...they should stop relying on the government having to try think up new things all the time if they thought for themselves for once

You make a good point. Yes, this problem relies totally on the public. If drivers drive as they're supposed to, and pedestrians decide to use the crossings, rather than crossing a road about 10 metres away from a crossing, then yes, injuries will be cut down. But say if you were in charge of road safety, and there were loads of accidents in a certain area - you'd have to be seen doing something about it, wouldn't you? And to be totally honest, with the way people are today, one of the only ways to get them to do what you want them to do, is by basically threatening them - saying, if you don't do this, we'll take your money, and your licence. It's more of a deterant than anything else.

standby250 is right. They are the rules and they apply to EVERYONE. Drivers, cyclists, Bikers; anyone who chooses to travel via roads. I usually agree with most speed limits too, like 30MPH in a built up area or such.

But back to the topic, speed camera's only enforce this limit for around 50-70 Meters. After that, people can go as fast or slow as they want to. Hopefully having no cameras will give us, the motorists, a bit more responsibility to drive within the law without having to be told to do so or feel the absolute need to or else.
It's all part of the new governments way of having things in the UK. I wasn't sure about them at first, but im starting to agree with some of their ideas.

For instance:
They are stopping doctors or medical staff using the word 'Obese' to describe someone who's overweight. The word obese almost makes it an excuse for the overweight individual, as it could have been recognized as a 'Disease.' But now they are just fat.
The idea is tough love. Hopefully making these people realize that its unhealthy and humiliating them a little bit will inspire them to do something about it.

It's tough, yes. But its better than letting a fat guy die whist telling him its ok.

but the means they use to help usually dont...either because those that lack concentration dont always gain it, and those that lack common sense dont always gain that. so it puts perfectly good drivers on the short end with lots of obsticles to get past trying to make traffic safter just because theres a handful of people that dont deserve to drive in the first place