Speed camera sitings?

[SonicTheHedge...]

I only ask as I believe the old guidelines have been scrapped with the changes in the camera partnerships, and I can't find any new info, so...

What is the New Policy(tm) on siting speed cameras these days? Site selection, visibility guidelines etc. I've put an FOI request in but don't expect any miracles.
I ask as, suspiciously, on a pleasantly flowing section of the A435 in Birmingham (Maypole to Beckett's Farm) signs and poling for speed-cameras have started sprouting along its length. What used to be a smooth commute is undoubtedly going to turn to crud as people see the camera (on a 70 limit, FFS!), and panic-brake, and I'm wondering if there's anything rational I can do about the bloody things.

Anyone any useful info, or suggestions. And no, detcord, burning tyres, and circular saws are out. I have neither the resources or the balls.
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[T.C]

Most cameras are sited at the whim of the local authority.

Until a few years ago it was left to the Police to decide where cameras would be most beneficial, but under deregulation that means the local authority only have to consult the Police not take up their advice.

So for example, millions of pounds of tax payers money has been spent installing cameras in Reading (where I live) but only 4 are active at any one time, and I know of at least 6 cameras that have never had any film placed in them since they were installed.
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[FreshAL]

^^^ What he said +1

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[neo680]

Unfortunately, the cameras don't need to be active anymore!
Your average idiot slams on their brakes regardless of what speed they're travelling at!

If I remember rightly, cameras could only be placed on a road where there had been a set number of fatalities over a certain timescale.

The downside being, it doesn't specify that the camera must be near the scene of where most of the accidents happened.

The A303 in the South West, for example, is huge and has sufferrred many fatalities along it's length.
This allows the authorities to place cameras wherever the hell they want, anywhere on the A303!
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