Ninthbike

The big issue with speed cameras, and one that has now been acknowledged by most police forces is that they only detect one "crime" -speeding. They have no discretion to decide whether the speed was excessive for the circumstances, nor do they see whether a driver/rider was driving dangerously (speed does not automatically equal dangerous, many people are dangerous drivers without exceeding the speed limit - donuts in a car or on a bike are usually performed at very low speed but in the middle of a dual carriageway can be exceptionally dangerous, old drivers who cannot see over their steering wheel or any further than 20 feet in front of their car are exceptionally dangerous and oblivious) and nor do they detect things like no insurance, tax or MOT, nor whether the driver is under the influence of drink or drugs or whether the vehicle in question is fit to be on the road at all. It is time that the money spent on speed cameras (which are incredibly expensive) and their administration was spent on more police officers on the road. Every single day I shout at somebody for using their phone for calls, texts or emails or driving with their kids jumping around in the back or front of the car but these "crimes" almost always go unnoticed and unpunished - all at the same time as authorities are finding ever more sophisticated ways to empty our bank accounts and make our lives miserable. Rant over.