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>From: Gerhard Fiedler [mailto:lists@CONNECTIONBRAZIL.COM]
>
>I don't get this point. I mean, if you are under the speed
>limit and don't run red lights, there is nothing a camera can
>do to you.

Actually not true.  There have been several cases in the UK were a Notices
of Intended Prosecution have been sent to owners of cars that have been
"caught" by radar based speed cameras (Gatso) when they haven't been
speeding.  In some of the cases the reported speeds were obviously wrong.
Apparently they are susceptable to reflections from other traffic.  They
actually take two picture, which combined with markings on the road are
supposed to verify the speed.  I suspect this is only done if you appeal a
ticket, rather than for every ticket.

There have also been rather too many cases of mobile speed units operating
in the wrong places, and drivers receiving tickets for doing nothing wrong
at all.  Most people just pay up, but when one person fights these cases and
wins, the rest of the motorists aren't automaticly pardoned, they each have
to go through an appeal process.

>If you were over or did run it, you shouldn't have
>done it. If you think the speed limit is ridiculous, work to
>get it changed. I wonder why raising speed limits rarely is an
>election campaign issue, even though there seems to be a
>majority that really doesn't like to obey speed limits, or
>that they are being enforced.

Because it simply won't happen, at least not in a reasonable timeframe. The
government have been driving home the "speed kills" message for years, and
despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, plenty of the population
believe this rubbish. The people with enough intelligence and motivation to
do something are therefore in a relatively small (but growing) minority (and
branded as irresponsible child murderers by the pro-camera lobby).

What politician would give an election promise of higher speed limits when
most of the potential voters have been brainwashed into believing this will
kill hundreds more children?

The bottom line is that the government wants to remove as many cars as
possible from the roads, making life as awkward and unpleasant as possible
for the driver is just the first step along that road.

Regards

Mike




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