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Sarah Probert B'ham Post 27 Jan 11
The future of speed cameras across the West Midlands is in doubt after councils proposed cutting funding for the controversial scheme.
Leaders of the seven metropolitan councils are recommending axing £250,000 from the amount of money they hand to the West Midlands Road Safety Partnership, the body responsible for locating the cameras which cost £2 million a year to run.
Mike Bird, the Conservative leader of Walsall Council, said many of the 454 speed cameras in the West Midlands were “obsolete”…
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Alex Campbell Express & Star 22 Jan 11
The future of old-style speed cameras in the West Midlands has been thrown into question after transport chiefs from councils across the region voted to stop funding them.
Scheduled payments worth £950,000 from local authorities to pay for the speed cameras are to be scrapped for 2011/12 after reductions in Government grants left a shortfall. Councillors on the West Midlands transport sub-committee say the wet film technology used in older cameras is outdated, and claim West Midlands Police are not co-operating in discussing their future…
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The Stymaster Pig Blog 11 Jan 11
“War on the Motorist” has become a little soundbite of late: we’ve had Eric Pickles declaring that:
the Government is calling off Whitehall’s war on the motorist
and that boggle-eyed loony George Monbiot stating that:
The only transport war being waged in this country is by motorists – against pedestrians and cyclists
My opinon, as a motorist, car enthusiast, cyclist and pedestrian?
They’re both idiots…
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Express & Star 10 Jan 11
Flashing sign to be installed
Signs that flash up drivers’ registration numbers when they are caught speeding will be extended to a busy Walsall road within months.
A £60,000 Watchman sign will be installed along Sutton Road, where the speed limit is being slashed from 40mph to 30mph, by March.
It will be the fifth sign introduced by Walsall Council…
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Express & Star 6 Nov 10
Almost one in three speed cameras in the West Midlands is a dummy and does not catch speeding drivers.
In the West Midlands Sandwell has the largest number of dummy “white sites” with 23 out of 57 cameras. Walsall has 18 dummies out of 48 cameras while in Dudley it is 15 out of 40…
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Express & Star 11 Sep 10
Speed cameras will be left unrepaired and fewer drivers prosecuted for using mobile phones at the wheel due to drastic spending cuts.
The Christmas drink-driving campaign in the West Midlands has also been axed after a Government road safety grant was cut from £4.5 million to £1.8m…
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Express & Star 16 Aug 10
Almost 10,000 motorists were captured speeding by just one camera in the West Midlands over 12 months, figures have revealed.
Police will not say where it is in case of vandalism after 17 were attacked in the last year. They fear cameras may be rendered inoperable, raising the risk of casualties at blackspots…
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Gavin Drake's Weblog 12 Aug 10
For years it has been argued by motorists and victims of speed cameras that they have nothing to do with road safety and everything to do with generating revenue.
This has always been denied by politicians, police, local authorities and camera manufacturers who insist they are there for purposes of public safety and that road casualties have reduced since they were introduced.
So lets take a look at some facts and the new information which is conclusive proof that the cameras were there for cash generation:
Firstly, the myth that cameras have reduced road casualties…
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The Stymaster Pig Blog 9 Aug 10
Speed, speeding, and speed cameras seems to be in the news a great deal lately. There’s Oxfordshire turning off their cameras, and now Julie Spence, the outgoing chief of Cambridgeshire police is speaking out about the hypocrisy of motorists, who consider speeding as acceptable and change their minds only if they lose a child in a road accident.
There’s some sense in the article, but I’m really starting to take exception to the link these days that the only possible problem with the way someone might drive is related to the posted speed limit at any point.
Driving without care or consideration for other road users is probably among the worst kind of anti-social behaviour in its truest sense, because serious offenders can, and do, kill…
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Express & Star 26 Jul 10
Speed cameras in the West Midlands could be switched off following massive cuts in government funding.
Councillor Tom Ansell, transport chief at Tory controlled Walsall Council said: “I don’t think they do a good job. They don’t catch drink drivers and they provide an excuse for the police not to be out doing the job…