Calls for speed cameras!, oh god not again Options

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http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/time-fo...ident-blackspot


Some people are calling for speed bumps on Bowling Green Road.
This is the 30mph section of "Tull Way", the road that goes up and along the back of the Wyvdale Garden Centre near the Thatcham/Newbury border.

Lets forget for a moment that SPEED DOES NOT CAUSE ACCIDENTS and you can crash just as badly at 30 as you can at 70, and these people are stupid to think that putting a speed camera will do anything other than distract motorists, and cause them to spend more time worrying about what speed they are doing than where they are going (which is already difficult enough for most people) - It's impossible to do more than 30 because the road is full of temporary traffic lights and is so pot-holed that you wouldn't do more than 15 on a good day.


So Mr Keith Woodhams.

We represent people and we need action; I’m tired of waiting year on year – I don’t want surveys.

“We don’t want to see someone get killed on that road because nobody has taken action.

“I don’t want to hear about more surveys, I want action – we are demanding that.

“We are trying to stop someone loosing control and killing someone.

“What on earth is wrong with this council – no more surveys.”

So you don't want people to do the surveys to see if there is any difference or benefit and instead to do something on your clearly highly educated whim. I drive down that road every day and I've not seen any "near misses". And speed does not cause people to lose control. That can happen at 30.

Thoughts?