Speed Camera Cut Down

[FMOB]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c72pyg0e79jo

I don't condone the damage but I wonder if anyone will dob them in for that.

Surprised it has taken this long.

[Forester1965]

What surprises me is why people bother? It's a potential prison sentence for an act that's not going to change public policy. It's all lose and no win.

[Dave.]

Peter Kay and Paddy McGuiness have a bit of time on their hands, wonder if they've bought another motorhome for the summer

[Simpo Two]

[Type R Tom]

The problem is that this is only one step away from the idiots who cut down traffic signals with ULEZ cameras on top, leading to serious congestion and pedestrians' inability to cross the road.

[heebeegeetee]

I guess the intention is to allow drivers like this to carry on regardless.

It was the 2nd clip in the above link when I looked.

BBC News - Cardiff: CCTV shows speeding car hit girl and drive away - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-68800505

[The Gauge]

People who do this should receive lengthy prison sentences, but sadly they wont.

[Debaser]

People who do this should receive a medal, but sadly they won't.

[Pica-Pica]

Debaser said:

People who do this should receive a medal, but sadly they won't.

Just look at the second clip and reflect on what you wrote.

[BertBert]

heebeegeetee said:

I guess the intention is to allow drivers like this to carry on regardless.

It was the 2nd clip in the above link when I looked.

BBC News - Cardiff: CCTV shows speeding car hit girl and drive away - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-68800505

I guess the intention isn't.

[Dingu]

Scum being scum as usual.

[Debaser]

Pica-Pica said:

Debaser said:

People who do this should receive a medal, but sadly they won't.

Just look at the second clip and reflect on what you wrote.

Was he breaking the speed limit?

ETA - If a small child didn't slow him down, a speed camera wouldn't.

[Cotty]

Type R Tom said:

The problem is that this is only one step away from the idiots who cut down traffic signals with ULEZ cameras on top, leading to serious congestion and pedestrians' inability to cross the road.

Maybe stop putting them on traffic signals.

[tim jb]

FMOB said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c72pyg0e79jo

Lovely

[glennjamin]

Note to those doing it they'll trap you with ANPR cameras eventually, they did in Cornwall when some guys decided to fell a couple,

[Dingu]

The other thing is the road in question is heavily residential, so this achieves nothing of benefit. If it was on a nice well sighted A or B road which is set to 40/50 then I would get it. But it isn’t so all that happens is tax money gets spent replacing it, which doesn’t feel like much of a “win”.

[Type R Tom]

Cotty said:

Type R Tom said:

The problem is that this is only one step away from the idiots who cut down traffic signals with ULEZ cameras on top, leading to serious congestion and pedestrians' inability to cross the road.

Maybe stop putting them on traffic signals.

Well done, you win dumb take of the day

[Pica-Pica]

Debaser said:

Pica-Pica said:

Debaser said:

People who do this should receive a medal, but sadly they won't.

Just look at the second clip and reflect on what you wrote.

Was he breaking the speed limit?

ETA - If a small child didn't slow him down, a speed camera wouldn't.

He was certainly breaking the speed limit when he failed to stop/slow at the junction!
(I don’t think a small child has the mass to slow a car down )

[Cotty]

Type R Tom said:

Well done, you win dumb take of the day

You started it

[Drawweight]

Here in Scotland they’re shutting 100 of them off including most of them in my area, supposedly because driver behaviour has improved.

So have the cameras improved the behaviour? In which case why shut them down?

Or is it money as usual?