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Why would they publicise this? Retain the deterrent and have no costs.
Dipshits.
i suspect it is considered a positive act by politicos, a vote winner in oxfordshire, satisfying the car driving masses fear of persecution and demonstrating the condems commitment to the shrinking of the nanny state
or just dipshits
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i suspect it is considered a positive act by politicos, a vote winner in oxfordshire, satisfying the car driving masses fear of persecution and demonstrating the condems commitment to the shrinking of the nanny state
or just dipshits
It's because the new government have removed central funding for speed cameras. Twats.
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Why do they need funding? I'd have thought they'd be a good revenue raiser?
Apparently they do their job so well, they don't raise enough money.
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I read they cost about £110 million and raise £80 million, however to gain the same level of enforcement would cost much more in police time. Of course people just slow down and speed up again but at least they slow down for a bit and hopefully in the "most dangerous areas".
A point of view here.
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/07/26/tory-boy-racers/ -
Like the article says, this will be a boon for the londontflbarclayscyclehirescheme, surely...
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Apparently they do their job so well, they don't raise enough money.
Economising the benefits of such measures is usually a bad idea (you can't really put a cost on death), but if you go down that route a death is currently assumed to 'cost' about £1.6m (and serious injuries also 'cost' a bomb). By this sort of measure, they help avoid massive costs, but people are generally not too good at understanding indirect calculations like this.
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John Snow Bike theft
some of the comments are absolutely abhorrent!!!
Some faces need punching, who's with me?
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Old news, keep up. Even got it's own thread
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/12/record-speeding-fine-switzerland
A Swedish man has been handed what is believed to be the world's largest speeding fine, which is expected to cost him £650,000.
hah!
A new generation of radar machines finally clocked him travelling at close to 186mph.
Giving police a watertight explanation as to why he was travelling so fast, he said: "I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty."douche...
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I quite like this as well - "tips on extending a warm welcome to overseas visitors in the run up to the 2012 Olympics". [Enjoy in it's entirety]
When in a social situation with a South African do not place your thumb between your forefinger and your second finger – it is an obscene gesture.
When meeting Mexicans it is best not to discuss poverty, illegal aliens, earthquakes or their 1845-6 war with America.
Never call a Canadian an American.
Never imply Poles drink excessively.
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midnight drinlk?
water?
No! Milkshake.
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Dammnit tooo slow, was just about to post..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608
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speed camers swiched off in oxfordshire
And reported just now on R4's PM programme that speeding has gone up significantly
72 cameras turned off 10 days ago since the govornment stopped funding them.They're still reporting speeds (bit not prosecuting offenders
Early findings have been 88% increase in speeding offences since cameras turned off
Local police and road safety experts expect deaths to increase