Speed Cameras (yet again)

June 2007, the dying days of the Blair Government, and the police decide that they're not content with having the highest density of traffic cameras in the World, and now want to revert to hiding cameras from the motorist to catch even more offenders.

Before speeding cameras were introduced, the UK had Europe's lowest incidents of accidents due to speeding... so why do we need all these cameras? And how come we've got more than countries who should be envying our safety record?

A leading insurance company has decided not to increase the insurance premiums of motorists with up to 6 points for speeding so all their sophisticated analysis suggest that speeding does not make dangerous drivers as they believe that more than 30% of drivers in the UK have 6 points or more and it is the norm.

A simple calculation will show how much money the Police Forces are collecting and the reason for their enthusiasm to put up more cameras. It is difficult to rationalise a driver slowing down for a camera one cannot see or isn't aware aware of. One wonders how long the enthusiasm would last if the money collected did not go to the Police and they recieved no credit for 'catching' motorists.

Can the Government and the Police at least try to be a bit more honest with the motorist and simply say "We need to tax you more to help pay for the Police Force and we do not want to face the political fall out of asking for another £50 to £100 per car so we will continue with the charade of speeding cameras, making drivers feel like a criminals, have a convoluted method of collecting the money, make you feel you live in a Police State and generally miff you all off?"