Ludy, I'm with the others on this one, the more marked cars the better, because after all, is their aim not to deter speeders, rather collect revenue!

Seem the opp to me, evidence being in the fact that many cameras are either hidden, or on down hill slopes.

Also, why are there no speed cameras in main streets, where 70 in a 60 zone is far more a risk to life than 110 in a 100 zone.

It all about revenue, and god knows we need as much of that as we can get now.

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Hey rehctub, it would be great to have enough marked cars out there on our roads to keep the rank drivers under control. But it just ain’t gunna happen!

The current setup DOESN’T WORK! Traffic calming, better road safety and better law abidance of all sorts, is just NOT HAPPENING.

How many more marked police cars would we need to significantly improve all of this? Five or ten times as many?

As I said previously; we just aren’t going to get an increase in police that even keeps up with population growth or the number of cars on the road.

<< …because after all, is their aim not to deter speeders, rather collect revenue! >>

Well………… ………….. …………. ………… YES!!

What more can I say? That certainly seems to be the way of it.

If they and their political masters were genuinely trying to stop speeding, and various other unsafe driving practices, and significantly improve road safety, then I reckon they’d be taking a very different approach to it all.

It is interesting that no one has attempted to answer my questions:

Why do we need marked cars out there on the roads, or anywhere for that matter?? The calming effect is insignificant. What other reason is there?

What do you reckon rehctub?

What we need to improve the rule of law on our roads and hence improve road safety is:

1. A concerted community policing campaign, whereby ordinary citizens are implored to do their duty and report dangerous or unlawful drivers, in just the same way as we are asked to report suspicious activity or people as part of Neighbourhood Watch, or litterers, or graffiti, or incidents on our roads.

2. More police, and administrative officers. But not out there on the roads. We need them to follow up on complaints from the public.

3. As part of this publicity campaign, information on how to collect evidence and make an effective complaint, including the use of Gro-cam type of cameras installed in your car.

That’s it!

If this was done comprehensively across the country, the rule of law would be sharply improved out there on our roads. Then the number of complaints would drop right away and the police could become more involved with the myriad other things that demand their attention…. and we’d need a whole lot less police time and effort devoted to road rules than we currently have.

Surely it really is that simple.

So….. why on earth is road safety treated so differently to Neighbourhood Watch and all manner of other illegal activity where we the ordinary citizens are encouraged to do our bit and report stuff?

Why have we been disempowered regarding the reporting of tailgating, speeding or other rank driving? Why has the public been cut out of the policing of road safety, in stark contrast to just about all other areas of law??