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TfL’s flawed claim of camera benefits overlook costs too

Idris Francis, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32
15 November 2013
 

Transport for London’s claims for speed camera effectiveness are just the most recent example of long-term flawed and selective analysis (“TfL’s claim of speed camera casualty benefits ‘nonsensical’” LTT 1 Nov).

TfL not only ignores Regression to the Mean (RTM), as Malcolm Heymer points out, but fails even to mention, let alone adust for, camera costs of £30,000 to £50,000 per annum compared to £1,000 per annum for vehicle activated signs....

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