Boo speed cameras

[kingandy]

Oh!  I have been speeding again.  This brings me up to 9 points, which I believe is the very edge of my margin for error.  I will have to be EXTRA CAREFUL from now on.

Boo to the police, for having the foresight to place speed cameras on long, straight, wide roads where they know people are likely to be travelling over the arbitrarily low speed limit!

Comments

[gowhonker.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a pedestrian, i am well against speeding. I live just off a long, wide road. People speed down it all the time.

Incidentally, my bus was late today because there was a very serious crash about ten feet away from the speed cameras. Outside the school.

[kingandy]

I'm generally against speeding myself, and find it slightly hypocritical when people complain about speed cameras catching them^[1], which is sort of like a murderer blaming his fingerprints. They (we) are, fundamentally, breaking the law. (Note my own moan above is largely ironic and sulky.)

Of course, crashes next to speed cameras only serve to demonstrate that people are willing to brake dangerously sharply to avoid getting caught by the cameras...