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Speed cameras can make motorists drive badly
Bowood Road, Elland. HAVING read some more Government-inspired publicity by the head of public affairs with the West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership, Philip Gwynne ("Cameras are to save lives", Mailbag, July 26), I find it quite surprising that these bodies do not really understand motorists and in some ways assume they can be easily fooled.
I say to Mr Gwynne: Give us details of your most recent survey. How representative is it? Where did you conduct it, nationwide, London or West Yorkshire? And what were the age groups of the people asked?
The police tell us that inappropriate speed remains the biggest single cause of crashes on West Yorkshire's roads.
Why, then, are safety cameras not outside every school in Calderdale? How many times do we see speeding cars going past our schools and lollipop people risking abuse and injury.
Mr Gynne talks about safety cameras saving lives and making drivers obey the speed limits but I can think of a road close to me where they promote bad driving.
If you drive on Calderdale Way watch the brake lights come on when the camera sign is noticed. In between the cameras drivers speed up out of pure frustration at the hold-ups at the Ainley Top, Salterhebble and Calder and Hebble junctions.
This variation of speed is caused by safety cameras and is not good driving. You can sympathise with frustrated motorists.
Ron Cotton
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