A77 CAMERAS - MISINFORMATION COSTS LIVES
13 July 2005 - Safe Speed

''Specs'' cameras go live on the A77 tomorrow, according to reports, but they want to keep operational details a secret.

Safe Speed says misinformation costs lives, and full details MUST be made public.

The cameras are concentrated in two clusters about 46 kilometres apart. Although it may be technically possible to enforce the speed limit ''from end to end'', it is extremely unlikely that they will do so.

However they seem to want us to think that they will enforce from end to end, claiming that ''operational details are confidential''.

Paul Smith. founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) said: ''Road safety absolutely depends on people paying attention to the right safety factor at the right time. If we mislead people into paying attention to the wrong safety factor then they will be less well equipped to avoid crashes. It is deadly stupidity to try to conceal the method of operation of these cameras. They clearly think they can improve road safety by spreading fear and paranoia. How barking is that?''

Paul continues: ''After over ten years of speed cameras we still don''t have any worthy evidence to show that they reduce deaths on the road. The camera programme is grossly misguided and based on nothing more than false assumptions and twisted statistics. We can''t improve road safety if we don''t use the best and the most accurate information. We have to focus on real risks and true data. Misleading data and misinformation costs lives.''

Paul asks: ''So which is it? Are they going to enforce from end to end or not?''

www.safespeed.org.uk

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