As promised some bird pictures. (Only trouble is they won't upload at the moment, but I'm working on it)
But these are not the birdies you need to watch. They will be the "SPECS" camera's they are saying they will place along the A14 to cut down on accidents.
Why not just ban lorries from the outside lane and use a few unmarked police cars to enforce it. much too simple. Lets spend a few more hundreds of thousands of pound of tax payers money.
"After all we will soon recover it with our road charging income"
Income neutral! who do they think they are kidding?
How about getting every motorist in the country to hand over £600 to have a black box fitted so they can charge you to use the road. That will be interesting to watch.
Add to this a very little known proposal to reduce accidents and speed limits without changing a single road sign. Change all speed limits to KPH instead of MPH. So 70 MPH becomes 43 MPH, should successfully increase Co2 by 2/3rds. Who says MP's don't think.
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How do the SPECS cameras cut down on accidents? In fact what are SPECS cameras?
To my mind the best speed-camera-type-thing is the flashing speed warnings you get on the way to Melbourne (I think) If your going over the limit they flash the correct speed at you - solves the problem of inadvertently drifting over the limit (as happens from time to time, especially in powerful cars) without instantly provoking a fine. It also acts a nice little warning ie "We know you're speeding so watch it".
The KPH argument is idiotic of course, apart from the problem with fuel efficiency no one in this country uses kilometers for any significant distances. Saying your going 100 KPH is just not going to mean anything to anyone.
SPECS cameras, otherwise known as average speed cameras. This of course says just what they are They measure distance and time and if you exceed the average for that section up pops an automatic fine issued by computer. If you want to see what they look like just go on to the A14 towards Bar Hill and there they are.
No one has aid what speed they are going to be set at yet but that is no suprise.
As for the KPH idea, it was reported in a national newspaper sometime over the last couple of weeks. Given some of the stupid ideas our MP's come up with dont be to upset if I say in a few months "I told you so"
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