Safety Camera Partnerships

[jimtherev]

Darren wrote in this morning's Newsletter:

[MaFt]

you could maybe try writing to a local paper and seeing if they would be willing to look into it? give them some info on other known fake results etc and it may perk up some interest for a bit of investigative journalism rather than the usual 'small boy loses toy dog' stories local papers are often plagued with...!

MaFt

[Darren]

It's apathy that is the problem here. Most of us have no interest until we are prosecuted for speeding and feel aggrieved, possibly because we honestly believe we weren't speeding, maybe even because we weren't!

But it is time every driver started to question why these partnerships were allowed to form let alone continue to exist.

Why, when it is the police and the police alone, who are responsible for road traffic, do we need these partnerships?

OK, preaching to the converted here but what we can do is submit Freedom of Information requests to our local partnerships. Ask them for siting criteria for a camera site, accident data pre and post installation.

Get your local papers involved and while you're at it, write to your MP or local councillors.

Until people like this realise that we are suddenly waking up to this issue they will continue to do whatever they please without fear of our asking searching questions.

Forums such as Pepipoo.com are a great place to discuss these matters and drum up support and the Association of British Drivers are also beginning to question the powers and organisation of SCP's and why they are run without clear mandates and oversight of any sort.
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Darren Griffin

[MaFt]

it could be quite useful for someone with better writing skills than me to put together a 'standard' letter that could be sent as a FOI request covering all the points that would be required. also a standard letter that could be sent to mp's / papers. if they receive quite a few then they might start questioning things themselves...

i wonder if it could be a joint project with pepipoo?

MaFt

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