Hurrah for Swindon Council!!

Ok its time to rejoice!

the tide is beginning to turn

Gandalf has returned at the right time and its time to begin the backlash

whats this big epic battle i'm ready to join in?

the reduction and eventual removal of speed camera's. they're totally useless - a stealth tax on the motorist.

lets be honest - we all do it - as soon as we see that yellow box we slow down to 30/40/50 watch the lines go by and then speed up again. it doesnt make anyone slow down long term.

now with all the snoopers etc its quite hard to get caught if your wary about such things

but last night swindon council voted to stop all funding for the police camera's instead deciding to fund other safety measures that can be bought.

Apparently deaths have been rising in swindon and the council has decided rather than spend the money on funding speed camera's in the locality to the tune of £320,000 per year

"The Department for Transport annual results - published on the 25th of September - show that, nationally, only 6% of accidents are caused by people breaking speed limits and yet almost 100% of the government's road safety money is being invested in speed cameras,"

thats an alarming statistic that the govt arent tackling the problem where it is. its not speed that kills - its careless drivers. someone doing 30 whilst driving without attention is much more dangerous than someone driving 80 at 4am on a quiet motorway.

though the chances of getting caught speeding have gone down in swindon they're still there. the council may give more permission to use mobile speed camera's operated by the police.

younger drivers should be tested more often. just by passing one test should not be enough. i can vouch for that! i had a driving incident about 4 times in the first two three years and since then only one accident which was due to me not paying attention to the road but instead trying to find a wholesaler i was going to.

here's one final statistic for you. speed camera's roughly raise £114m in fines. safety prevention measures are coming in at £120m

so in theory the govt are only investing £6m of their own cash to increase safety on the roads