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Published Date: 24 March 2008
TODAY, The Scotsman reveals that Scottish ministers are considering locating average-speed cameras for the first time in built-up areas. In theory, such cameras will prevent motorists from "surfing"; in other words, braking before a known speed camera and then accelerating afterwards.
Some will see this as a further extension of the nanny state. There is also evidence that average-speed cameras divert drivers' attention from the road ahead to their speedometers. In an urban context, if widely used, the deterrent effect of the came...



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Bill Whitehead,

24/03/2008 02:03:42
Equipment that is already out of date, the clock is ticking on the viability of spending an awful lot of money in the short term on antiquated technology, when cheaper and more effective equipment already exists.

 

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