Proof that the Cat and Fiddle cameras were a waste of time!

[elky]

https://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1409636_800000_speed_camera_on_cat_and_fiddle_fails_to_catch_a_single_biker?rss=yes

[G]

Hmmm, or haven't caught a single person speeding quite possibly because they 'worked' to a reasonable degree - from what people are saying I thought everyone HAD slowed down there.
I'd be willing to be speeds ARE well down, but what about the accident statistics? Sadly, if they are down to, then it has 'worked'.
Sadly, again, a single fatality saved could well recoup £800k as such - if it was on a motorway, then definitely more than that as far as 'cost to the country' goes; not sure about a case like this.

[woodyfjr]

[N cee thirty]

meh i still went round flat out,was on a 125 though...
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[elky]

[Rogerborg]

They may have worked just like CCTV camera - moved the problem to the next road along.

You'd need to look at regional KSI figures to find that out though.
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[G]

As I say, a single fatality can easily cost the country a lot more than that - the IAM estimates an average of £1.8m per fatality.

£800k seems like a hell of a lot of money to you or I, but in the grand scheme of things is a piffling amount.

A quick fag-packet calculation shows £800k to be 0.0001% of the countries expected expenditure next year.

This also annoyed me in Swindon when they reported that more people were speeding when they turned the cameras off, so it was a 'failure'. They ignored the accident statistics - remembering that accidents were the excuse for cameras in the first place, and speed limits too.

[pepperami]

How many accidents have been caused around the country because a camera van has parked in a lay-by and people brake where they would`nt normally brake.

I have heard of it happening on the A14, but I cannot confirm that.
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[Rogerborg]

In other vital statistics, 20 million children are eaten by bats every second.

Of course, They cover it up.
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