SPEED CAMERAS UNDER PRESSURE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS.
22 June 2005 - Safe Speed

According to information received, speed camera policy in the West Midlands is under considerable pressure form the Council''s Planning and Transportation Sub-committee.

Apparently three cameras have already been removed and very serious concerns have been expressed about the effectiveness of the other 300. A report will follow in September.

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) said: ''Speed cameras don''t make the roads safer and it''s only a matter of time before the entire system crumbles. The major problem with speed cameras is that they seeks to affect a relatively unimportant road safety parameter, but they come with side effects that damage road safety core values.''

''Road safety in the UK will not improve until the authorities have come to terms with the fact that speed cameras don''t make the roads safer. After £700 million pounds in speed camera fines, deaths are going up. What more evidence do we need to know that cameras are the wrong road safety policy?''

www.safespeed.org.uk

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