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Speed cameras: not perfect, but they are a good thing

Iain Reeve
04 November 2014
 

Am I the only one who is growing both alarmed and a bit bored by the current debate about speed cameras? Let’s see if we can inject some common sense. If nothing else, maybe we can find something on which we can all agree.

The first obvious point to anyone who has worked in this field is that most crashes are caused by human error. I have seen estimates that between 90% and 99% of all crashes are due to someone making a mistake. Having seen hundreds of STATS19 accident forms, that seems...

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