Oxfordshire have turned back on their speed cameras after 8 months without, because, they say "there has been an increase in the number of deaths since they were turned off". While the number of poeple killed has risen they don't tell you that these deaths occured away from the camera sites and that around the actual camera sites there were no deaths and only 2 more crashes.
Bearing in mind that last December was one of the worst for crashes since the car was invented due to the apallling icy conditions I don't find any increase either surprising or alarming.
While the debate will continue and there will be more crashes where the severity of the injuries will be due to the speed of the vehicles involved, the ridiculous "Speed Kills" campaigners will now become ever more vociferous.
I've stated this on every occasion I can and I reiterate; speed doesn't kill or all the F1 drivers would be dead, it is CRASHING that will kill you. Drive carefully whatever speed you do and you will survive roads full of incompetent and untrained drivers without crashing.
They installed traffic cameras in my mother-in-law's town and accidents have gone down...but I think it's partly due to people avoiding the area. There are a lot of people who are very adamantly against the cameras. They feel it's a violation of their rights. So they just stay out of the town or go a different way to where they need to be. So while accidents may be down on that particular roadway, I wonder what would happen if they looked at statistics on the other routes through that town...
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