Speed Cameras
Here in Suffolk, we don’t have too many speed cameras, but the ones we do have tend to be pretty obvious, so if you get caught, you deserve it.
However we do have Haughley Bends on the A14, which was a notorious accident black-spot near Ipswich with four cameras They have now been removed. There have been few if any accidents since, as a short stretch of dual-carriageway has bypassed the black-spot.
Most cameras are in places with other problems. So is it better to solve the problem, by a new road, a better junction or clear signs, rather than stick a plaster called a speed camera over the problem? The trouble is that a speed camera is a cheap solution.
A guest on Radio 5, said he was in the speed management profession or something similar. So perhaps the sensible replacement of speed cameras, a la Haughley would put him out of business and he could get a real job.
I also think that there should be an Internet-based reporting system for bad driving. Persistent offenders would be warned to behave by letter. People who have used my software, Daisy, to analyse bad driving, have found correlations between bad driving and lack of insurance, tax and MOT.
I should say that I am an impartial observer at present, as I’ve had a stroke. But it won’t me stop travelling by train and bus and writing about it.
The Anonymous Widower 
Good for you Anon, trains and buses are the way to go, definitely and many drivers could do with slowing down.
Comment by joolsstone | August 9, 2010 |
Cars have their place, but most journeys are better done my public transport or not at all. Where I live it would be impossible to provide buses to get me to the station, so I hsve to get someone to give me a lift. What would work is on-line shared taxis, but no-one seems to want it. For me, stuck in the middle of nowhere having to rely on others, it would be ideal. Still, I’m moving to London soon and there I have buses and trains within a five minute walk.
Comment by AnonW | August 9, 2010 |