ON reading your report and letters on speeding and cameras being used to catch them, of the 1,800 drivers allegedly speeding how many were doing more than 35mph?
Given the fact that most cars' speedometers are 3-5mph fast it would mean that you would be showing a speed of 38-40mph to be clocked at 35.
The cameras used are not accurate and are banned in a number of states in the USA due to a courtroom test showing the rear wall of the court moving at 5mph.
These cameras pluck a number out of the air with the help of the operator.
The enforcement vans are said to be clearly marked and visible, but you will find them tucked in the bushes at the bottom of an incline just around a bend.
In most cases the sites are nothing more than entrapment, and a way to tax the motorist.
As part of Europe our law should be the same: you pay an on-the-spot fine and that is it.
Speed is not the problem, speed plus bad driving is the problem.
Bob Deacon
Evesham
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