[visordown.com] - Cash cow speed cameras back

Ninjette Newsbot · November 5th, 2015, 03:01 AM

THE final pretence that speed cameras are intended to increase safety was dropped yesterday when Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner Olly Martin announced intentions to permanently switch on the speed cameras on stretches of the M1 passing through his region.

Complaining of a lack of funding for police in the area, Martin suggests that permanently using speed cameras between J10 and J13, where the M1 crosses his patch, will raise as much as £1 million annually for his force. The cost to motorists would be far higher, since the majority of money will go straight to central government coffers.

At the moment, the cameras on the stretch are only used to enforce variable speed limits, for instance in poor weather or when limits are lowered to relieve congestion.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Martin’s plans are not simply to turn on the cameras but to implement a zero-tolerance agenda, whereby any motorist caught on camera even fractionally over the 70mph limit will be slapped with three points and a £100 fine. Ironically, given the admission that this is about making money rather than road safety, less serious ‘offenders’ may be offered the option of paying £90 for a speed awareness course, thus avoiding the points and fine.

Martin’s justification is that his force, which covers an area with some of the worst gun crime in the country, is financially stretched and only able to provide 169 officers per 100,000 people – far lower than the national average of 232 per 100,000.

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psych0hans · November 5th, 2015, 03:57 AM

Shameful... Very shameful...

250rr · November 5th, 2015, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by psych0hans

Shameful... Very shameful...

Agreed. At first I missed the 'A' and typed Greed. That word would have worked just as well.

csmith12 · November 5th, 2015, 05:05 PM

They tried that crap in a little farm town where I used to live. hahahahahah We paid the town heathens to shoot them with high powered pellet guns from a long distance at night. The camera was always broken due to a busted lense, they eventually gave up as the cost of repairs was approaching the amount of $$$ being brought in.

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Fine, so it cost us $20k to get the cameras installed and working. Nice, so what is the maintenance and replacement costs? Ah.... I now know how to defeat them now.

Thanks

jk... but it would have been soooooo awesome to be able to do that.

Rifleman · November 5th, 2015, 05:55 PM

paint guns work twice as good as the pellets. They started putting polycarbonate covers that resisted pellets over the lenses...

or so I've heard.

Khan · November 5th, 2015, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by csmith12

jk... but it would have been

or are you?

choneofakind · November 6th, 2015, 08:29 PM

Lol, he's kidding. He's smart enough not to post things like that online if he weren't.

psych0hans · November 6th, 2015, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rifleman

paint guns work twice as good as the pellets.

Only one way to find out soldier... HUP TO!!!

Somchai · November 6th, 2015, 10:45 PM

They must have learned from the crxmxnals in Berlin, in Germania they do this nation-wide.

Aufitt · November 7th, 2015, 08:45 AM

Oh welcome to 'Straya,

we've tens of thousands of Revenue raisers you good ole boys from the USA can shoot up if ya want

We're not allowed to have guns big enough to dent them either, so bring the ammo too.

This is why I don't ride on the road.

csmith12 · November 7th, 2015, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Khan

or are you?

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Originally Posted by choneofakind

Lol, he's kidding. He's smart enough not to post things like that online if he weren't.

hahahahahahah Yea, I won't be admitting to crimes on a public forum that is for sure.

There is 2... yea 2 total, lights in my little town. We ain't getting a camera(s) anytime soon.

November 5th, 2015, 03:01 AM	#1
Ninjette Newsbot All the news that's fit to excerpt Name: newsie Location: who knows? Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): only digital replicas Posts: Too much.	[visordown.com] - Cash cow speed cameras back THE final pretence that speed cameras are intended to increase safety was dropped yesterday when Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner Olly Martin announced intentions to permanently switch on the speed cameras on stretches of the M1 passing through his region. Complaining of a lack of funding for police in the area, Martin suggests that permanently using speed cameras between J10 and J13, where the M1 crosses his patch, will raise as much as £1 million annually for his force. The cost to motorists would be far higher, since the majority of money will go straight to central government coffers. At the moment, the cameras on the stretch are only used to enforce variable speed limits, for instance in poor weather or when limits are lowered to relieve congestion. According to the Daily Telegraph, Martin’s plans are not simply to turn on the cameras but to implement a zero-tolerance agenda, whereby any motorist caught on camera even fractionally over the 70mph limit will be slapped with three points and a £100 fine. Ironically, given the admission that this is about making money rather than road safety, less serious ‘offenders’ may be offered the option of paying £90 for a speed awareness course, thus avoiding the points and fine. Martin’s justification is that his force, which covers an area with some of the worst gun crime in the country, is financially stretched and only able to provide 169 officers per 100,000 people – far lower than the national average of 232 per 100,000. Sign up for Visordown's weekly newsletter, Bugsplat, to get the best motorcycle news, road tests and features plus exclusive competitions and offers direct to your inbox. Register as a Visordown member here and tick the box for Bugsplat in your newsletter settings here. Related Content 60mph motorway speed limits 'bad for economy' Police catch speeding motorcyclists by hiding in a tractor Police speed camera warning M6 roadwork speed cameras rake in £334,000 in just FIVE weeks 60mph speed limit plans for M1 Click here for full story... __________________________________________________ I'm a bot. I don't need no stinkin' signature...

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