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HOS
31-03-2011, 05:15 AM
All local county fixed site speed camera`s are being turned off tomorrow. (Northants UK).
All Gatso, Tuvelo and Specs.
They will be taken down by the county council later.
Main government has pulled local funding for them.
They arent the first and will not be the last.

Noz, did you hear ? [:p]
Fight_fan
31-03-2011, 06:13 AM
Lucky pricks! They'l probably sent em all dwn here too...
Large
31-03-2011, 06:39 AM
Top Gear was saying that a local council turned off their cameras because they couldn't afford them, but the cops turned them back on
RevHead
31-03-2011, 07:16 AM
lucky buggers ,,i just read on the rta web that in n.s.w there plaining n extra 3.000 cameras for us,bastards
kopyme
31-03-2011, 07:24 AM
fark... wish that would happen here... instead we are getting more.. so much for a free country...
Nudie
31-03-2011, 08:45 AM
Before you get carried away, think about the date tomorrow;)
HOS
31-03-2011, 05:45 PM
This place is one of the few areas where the fixed site camera`s seem to be in the right places. You memorise all camera locations as much as you can anyway so the fixed ones were never an issue for me.
You think "ahh camera coming up slow down". ;)

In some areas of the UK where they have removed them already, the death and serious accident rate has stayed the same or gone down.

Mind you the 4 mobile scamera units are staying, they are the tough ones to spot and the ones used in pure entrapment locations.
HOS
31-03-2011, 05:53 PM
quote:Originally posted by Large

Top Gear was saying that a local council turned off their cameras because they couldn't afford them, but the cops turned them back on


Yup, each county is adopting a different policy with camera`s.
Main Government has pulled all local council funding for just about everything including the "safety partnerships" (private companies) who are running the speed cams. So the local council can`t afford to take up the running costs in thier budget. Once the "safety partnerships" had taken their overheads and cost of wages, ALL income from speeding fines went to the main UK government and none came back for other road safety spending.

It was just a tax revenue scam.
HOS
31-03-2011, 05:56 PM
quote:Originally posted by Nudie

Before you get carried away, think about the date tomorrow;)


I hear you :D.....We are a day behind you ;)

The switch off of greed camera`s has been all over our local news for weeks. The safety nannies are still bleating about small children and fluffy animals..... blah..blah.... blahh
HOS
31-03-2011, 06:05 PM
Oxford speed cameras turned back on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-12864860

Although you have to beware the UK police`s political "spin". It could have just been an increase of 1 or 2 deaths over a year ?

The counties of Avon and Somerset turn off their speed cams:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12895106

Speed camera switch off in Swindon sees a fall in accidents:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7931842/Speed-camera-switch-off-sees-fewer-accidents.html
HOS
31-03-2011, 06:18 PM
Annual UK road accident deaths down despite camera cut backs:

http://www.nottinghamwired.co.uk/news.php/128278-Road-deaths-down-despite-fewer-speed-cameras

But for "other" reasons, nothing to do with speed cameras.