The town of Swindon has decided to switch off it's fixed speed cameras, to divert the maintenance costs to other safety measures such as training and education. I am very much in support of that. I have always believed that education and training should be the priority rather than using the punishment strategy which does not actually educate but makes drivers resentful. The selfish minority who refuse to behave can then be targeted by patrols.
The Institute of Advanced Motorists support this approach, and so I say it's hat off to Swindon!
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happy28
Pro - Friday, Jul. 31, 2009 @ 09:49:13 pm
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astronut
- Saturday, Aug. 01, 2009 @ 08:56:12 pm
Yes I know, fixed cameras do not educate a lot of drivers, which is is obvious when they slow down far too much at a camera, say down to 30mph in a 40 limit; they do not know the speed limit for the road and slow down so much for good measure, then speed up to whatever speed they were doing before, probably more than 40mph.
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i don't really see the point of fixed speed cameras as everyone knows to slow down for them before immediately speeding up again.