Comments on: Why the focus on vehicle speeding is stupid http://www.stupendous.net/archives/2010/03/02/why-the-focus-on-vehicle-speeding-is-stupid/ ramblings of a caffeinated discombobulated mind Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: chrome http://www.stupendous.net/archives/2010/03/02/why-the-focus-on-vehicle-speeding-is-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-9699 chrome Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:14:01 +0000 http://www.stupendous.net/?p=421#comment-9699 <p>Nothing, if that's your stated goal.</p> <p>The problem is they are sold as decreasing accidents, when they don't. The only positive thing they do is increase revenue for the state.</p> <p>If they said, the money gets used to train drivers to drive more safely, then I'd not have a problem with it. But the money just goes into the budget and gets used wherever they like.</p> Nothing, if that’s your stated goal.

The problem is they are sold as decreasing accidents, when they don’t. The only positive thing they do is increase revenue for the state.

If they said, the money gets used to train drivers to drive more safely, then I’d not have a problem with it. But the money just goes into the budget and gets used wherever they like.

]]> By: Roland http://www.stupendous.net/archives/2010/03/02/why-the-focus-on-vehicle-speeding-is-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-9698 Roland Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:04:06 +0000 http://www.stupendous.net/?p=421#comment-9698 <p>What's wrong with increased speed camera revenue?</p> What’s wrong with increased speed camera revenue?

]]> By: Seb http://www.stupendous.net/archives/2010/03/02/why-the-focus-on-vehicle-speeding-is-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-9697 Seb Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:45:23 +0000 http://www.stupendous.net/?p=421#comment-9697 <p>Too true, there was a study done some years back in the UK. They seemed to be causing accidents as people were inclined to relax when they thought they were "safe" or past the camera traps. Perhaps the focus should be driving skills, getting heavy vehicles off the road during peak hour and dual-lane carriageways.</p> <p>Why does the emphasis seem to be on revenue and not safety?</p> Too true, there was a study done some years back in the UK. They seemed to be causing accidents as people were inclined to relax when they thought they were “safe” or past the camera traps. Perhaps the focus should be driving skills, getting heavy vehicles off the road during peak hour and dual-lane carriageways.

Why does the emphasis seem to be on revenue and not safety?

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