Dorset Speed facebook group was shut down!!
Here is the link to the new group
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Holes Bay Camera, adjusted to flash at higher
speeds
As Pat Garrett and Johnny Stephens refuse to answer
questions, let's see if Mike Glanville will, as he's mentioned in this item as
the chair of the partnership:
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9134299.County___s_cameras_will_be_cut_back/
".. And
Poole’s controversial Holes Bay “speed on green” camera will be adjusted to only
flash drivers at a much higher speed than present."
Setting the detection speed at “a much higher speed” is
confirming what many (with common sense) have been saying for a long time: the
30 limit is not realistic, and is therefore not enforceable. Much better to have
limits that are realistic, credible and enforceable, rather than completely
ridiculous limits, which even Dorset Road Safe seem to be saying it’s ok to
drive above. What a ridiculous situation, and what a mockery this makes of “no
excuse”. Is it ok or not to drive above the limit, Dorset Road Safe? If it is,
are you going to refund all those tens of thousands of drivers you have fined,
as they were doing nothing wrong? If not, why when you have a camera there
anyway, are you not going to fine someone for doing 40 (or more?) in a 30? What
is the ksi count of ZERO going to be reduced to in 2011 / 2012 as a result of
this camera? Does Dorset Road Safe understand that the public require a better
justification for speed cameras than "it'll cost money to switch it off"? WHY
WAS OUR MONEY SPENT TO PUT IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE? Oh, it's ok, you just
do what you want to make money, you don't have to explain yourselves to the
public.
This and other ridiculous limits / reductions, including
Dorset / Canford Way, must be reversed, as enforcement is so completely
ineffective / non existent, it won’t result in much higher speeds, only
increased speed limit compliance and respect. And please can we have some proper
road policing, not gangs of target chasers sending as many people as possible on
courses at 150% profit a time and then disappearing until everyone is not
expecting them again - although Dorset Police have refused to answer my
questions or even communicate about the claimed £813,000 cost of courses which
seems excessive - so the percentage is probably much higher still.
Let's see if Mike Glanville can show a little
professionalism, belief and integrity, and point out where I have misunderstood,
and that the safety of the public is really the prime concern of the Dorset
Authorities, rather than making millions of pounds out of them while making poor
road safety decisions.
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