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Essex Police under fire over M11 cash camera
Speed camera rakes in £500,000 while accident rates double
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echoplex
18/11/2009 at 15:35
So, by their own admisson, cameras don't prevent collisions either!
echoplex
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BraveCat
18/11/2009 at 16:28

Scameras are a joke! this kind of evidence is coming to light that they don't reduce accident levels. They punish people for a moments laps in concentration.

Near to a camera people take their eye off the road to check their speed, even if they are sure they are doing correct speed. These valuable couple of seconds could be better used in reaction time if someone walke out in front of you or other evasive action is needed.  I'd rather be seen in time and avoided by someone doing 35 (in a 30) than hit by someone doing 30...

  

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TenaciousD
18/11/2009 at 19:36
If you google "Speed cams cause accidents" you will see there are more and more cases happening and the worrying thing is that they are being covered up to allow further revenue raising. I have a video that was originally shown on the BBC news that clearly (but unintentionally) showed cars having accidents because of speed cameras & traps. The police and authorities complained and the BBC removed the video immediately. If you look hard enough it can still be found online on some sites..

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Flo
18/11/2009 at 20:14
 Sounds about right. My aunt lives above a two lane main road, has done since the war. She can't remember a single accident before they put a scamera behind the crest of its' blind hill...
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Bikingbadger
19/11/2009 at 09:05
I'm not sure how they reach the conclusion that accidents have "almost doubled" when accidents rose from 13 to 16.
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SWC
19/11/2009 at 11:49
I know that stretch well and there are quite a few incidents of bikers being sideswiped by snap lane changers - including me. How much worse would it be if there was no camera and caged knobs were flying down there at even higher speeds?

On that stretch of road I'm all for a SPECS being installed instead of the GATSO.
SWC
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