One in the eye for gatso’s

Interesting information for those who haven't yet read the article.

Credit to the mail on Sunday June 12th 2005

"The Government has ordered another enquiry into claims that speed cameras cause road accidents rather than save lives"

Safety 'experts' fear the rising death toll on Britains roads could be because drivers speed up once they are out of range of roadside cameras.

While deaths at fixed camera sites fell by 100 in 2003 (I thought it was a third of all crashes)- the latest year for which figures are available-the overall road fatality rate rose by 77, fuelling concerns that the yellow boxes might be causing serious crashes.

Now the Department of Transport has sent a circular to Universities and research institutes inviting bids for a two year study to being in September. It says: "There is a need to establish whether the use of speed cameras causes a mitigation of accidents to other locations."

Road deaths jumped from 3,431 in 2002 to 3,508 in 2003, a rise blamed by the RAC on an 11 per cent reduction in traffic Police since 1996.END

Interesting stuff, more so that it obliterates the lies told by the camera partnerships. I wonder what the Government has around the corner, far from being a victory against the Gatso, I wonder whether this enquiry will inevitably provide an argument for concealed cameras or worse still, speed inhibitors that coincide with other satelite tracking opportunities that the Government will force upon us.