Only to be ex-SPECS-ted....

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1541854,00 .html

"locations of all SPECS cameras will be posted on their website within the next month"

http://www.speedcheck.co.uk/

Simple, the reaction of an observant driver who spots the camera and brakes hard, causes a chain reaction, all following drivers brake hard causing the common motorway "snake effect" whereby traffic then becomes static - result = no accidents.... Then we all get fedup, sell our cars and travel by bus... Or am I wrong?!

Cheers,

Bryce.

This is a wonderful idea devised by the transport genuises who brought you congestion charging and motorway bus lanes. I ventured onto the M8 today, my first time on a motorway for about two months - I avoid them if I can and take A roads. For every mile I drove I must have checked my speedo at least twice, and I was on the motorway for roughly 20 miles. So assume I checked my speed 40 times in that journey, with each check taking say one second. During that second my car will have travelled roughly 35 yards, meaning that for my total journey I will have had my eyes off the road for 1400 yards, or almost 0.8 miles. This equates to almost 5% of my journey spent with my eye off the road and on the speedo to ensure I don't creep into the danger area. It was probably actually more, I have quoted low to make it sound more plausible as i didn't actually believe it myself.

With these new stealth cameras people will be crapping themselves about coming through the other side with an average of 80.6 mph, so will spend every available second watching the speedo. Fine if you have cruise control, but not so good if you don't. People argue 'don't speed and you have nothing to worry about', but of course we all know how easy it is to creep up to 80 without noticing. The traffic enforcement bodies in this country have road safety all back to front, they blame speed when it is basic driver skills and training that are lacking. Sure, great stick cameras in to make money, but everyone is driving along at 70.00 mph with both eyes firmly lodged on the speedo needle oblivious to what is going on around them. Expect the accident rate to suddenly increase, and sadly at motorway speeds they will be nasty ones.