If they are a Police piggy-bank, then the answer is simple! Don't speed and past one (they're bright enough and warning signs posted of their existence ahead), then they wouldn't make any money and like any loss making enterprise would be scrapped?

Yet many still race past one (I've seen them deploy on others on the M42) and some of you are so thick, that when I've mimiced one deploying (sometimes without the lines being present), the recipetant think's they've been caught!

A tip too; drive with 100% concentration on your driving and with these observations you will spot any speed trap before it spots you! The Overhead Specs, the line across the road with a van parked next to it, a white van with one black back window or the Volvo estate with 2 phone aerials on it!

HI O NO NOT AUTOGLASS!

THIS COUNTRY IS GETTIN BAD, IF WE DIDN'T LEARN THINGS ABOUT 9/11 WHEN BUSH AND BLARE WERE IN POWER, WHAT THE HECK DID WE VOTE THEM BACK IN,,,,,,?
BLARE IS BUSHES PUPPET, HE DO ANYTHING 4 THAT WIERD SORT,( I WISH 2 SWEAR BUT I WONT) THE GOVEMENT JUST WANT MONEY AFTER MONEY AND SIT BACK AND PAY THEMSELFT EXTRA,,,, WELL IF THIS GOES ON I WILL MOVE OVER SEAS 1 DAY, WHY IS IT SO COSTLY? WE PAY ALOT OF TAX ECT... I'M ON A GOOD HR RATE FROM MY JOB,,, BUT WHEN I GET MY WAGE SLIP,, IT'S NOT WANT I EXPECT,,, THE TAX IS C.R.A.P, THE MORE I WORK THE MORE THE FAT CATS EARN, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
CANADA IS A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE,,,, BUT WATCH OUT 4 THE BEARS!!!!!!

"...Mr Darling hopes that road charging could reduce congestion Pay-as-you go road charging could be trialled within five years, says Transport Secretary Alistair Darling..."

Control

Control

Control

......the Mantra of the Bliar whacky modern world.

I am not surprised most Afghans want to keep well away from 'The West'.

Point to note. It is cheaper to Not charge 'congestion'.

When/if more roads are gridlocked; change your life and spead about the country a bit.

Many died at Vesuvius grabbing for their gold and wealth while the volcano of disaster preparred to wipe them out.

Stay away from busy areas if you don't like congestion. Move by train or bus if you have to. London does not need so many people.

It could be a lake in thirty-five years (like New Orleans) anyway. Get out while you can. Next Sterilise anyone with over two children? China does at one child. Or swim in foreign bodies thirty years from now. Non-Europeans are out-breeding Europeans massivley?

What next? A pavement tax on the footpaths of London? The super rich can only walk along Oxford Street next? IF YOU ALLOW A TAX ON ROAD USEAGE, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY PAY TO WALK ALONG THE STREET (per footstep [in-built chip]).

What madness are we importing from America?

Get Rid of Bliar. Get Rid of Bush. Tax the filthy Rich before they use your national wealth to stamp on your bretheren.


ZX12R 170 Mph in jeans and tee-shirt. Quite normal.
Only fined for 58 mph on M18 at 50 mph roadworks no other car in sight along middle of 3 empty lanes and no speed signs in sight.
Emigrating to Canada ASAP (lots of Oil and gas there). None left here?? Oh the fun when the Iran lunacy is antagonised by Cuckoo Bush. London will freeze in winters like 1816 again

Police officer and speed camera Camera vans were sited at road works on the Wrexham bypass Hundreds of motorists are to be repaid their £60 speeding fines after a clerk realised temporary speed limit warning signs had been put in the wrong place. The blunder means more than £68,000 will be given back to 1,100 drivers. Speed cameras were placed at road works on the A483 Wrexham bypass, where the limit had been cut from 70mph to 40mph. It is the latest controversy for North Wales Police area whose Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is unapologetic over his hard-line stance against speeding. Any points put on drivers' licences will also be removed.

Mr Darling hopes that road charging could reduce congestion Pay-as-you go road charging could be trialled within five years, says Transport Secretary Alistair Darling. The pilot scheme is likely to cover a large conurbation or region, he said. If it is a success a nationwide scheme could be in place as early as 2015. Satellite tracking would be used with charges varying from 2p a mile on rural roads to £1.30 in congested areas. Mr Darling said charging could replace road tax and fuel duty. It would leave half of motorists better off, he said. Mr Darling explained details of his proposals in a speech to the Social Market Foundation in London on Thursday. No more space? The transport secretary says that his plans, which are unlikely to become a national reality before 2015-2020, are an attempt to prevent Britain's roads reaching "gridlock". I quake at the thought of not being able to go for a quiet drive in the country without someone somewhere knowing about it Adrian Williams, Hereford Your views: Road charging Mr Darling said he needed to build a consensus for such radical proposals and he acknowledged that road pricing was not an "easy option". But he argued that "future generations would curse us" if politicians failed to live up the challenges of keeping traffic moving in such a "crowded island". There was not enough space to simply build more roads, he said. "Road pricing is not an easy option - there will be hard choices and difficulties along the way. But we need to face up to all this now," he said. Opinion split The plans have divided opinion. Motorists' groups have reacted angrily to the proposals, and a Mori survey suggests 16% of drivers would refuse to have tracking devices fitted in their cars to allow the introduction of road-charging. The survey suggested 34% of respondents opposed the introduction of charges for driving on congested roads at peak times, compared with 47% who supported the measure. The real issue is going to be public acceptance Bert Morris, director, AA Motoring Trust Alistair Darling's full speech Germany's road charge Richard Black said opposition from motorists' groups could be an obstacle to Mr Darling's plans. Making the technology work could be another. Bert Morris, director of the AA Motoring Trust The real issue is going to be public acceptance, trust in the government to keep its word over revenue neutrality and actually scrapping fuel tax and road taxes." 'No alternative' There was "a lot to play for", he said. "The public have to decide whether they are better off or worse off and politicians I think will respond to the public's will," he added. Steven Joseph, director of the pressure group Transport 2000 backed road charging but argued many big questions had yet to be resolved. "Will motoring tax overall rise to encourage people onto public transport? Will traffic be displaced from key arteries onto unsuitable local roads? How can we use the system to stop traffic growing? Will charges be varied according to the 'pollutability' of vehicles? Will it help us reduce carbon emissions?" THIS IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING YOU

Council chiefs emphasis the signs are not speed cameras Speeding motorists are wrecking road signs that frown at them if they go too fast, in the mistaken belief they are speed cameras, council bosses claim. The so-called "Smiling Sids" were installed on some roads on Teesside as part of a pilot project. But for the third time in a matter of months, devices have been vandalised, forcing Redcar and Cleveland Council to replace them at £2,000 a time. The council said the signs are not used to issue fines and do not have cameras. The authority's road safety officer Mike Hall said: "People think that the Smiley Sids are a speed camera when they are not. Smashing panels "It is there merely as a safety and educational tool and they have been shown to reduce the number of road accidents. "We only put these devices where local people ask for them. "We have lost a few of these now, the latest in Eston and we just can't understand why these should be vandalised. "People are climbing up them and smashing the back panels. We would appeal for help in trying to track these people down."

A single speed camera caught nearly 400 speeders in just four hours, clocking up more than £5,000 an hour in fines. The mobile speed camera was placed on the A11 outside Norwich, where major road works are underway. Workmen had complained about drivers ignoring the 30mph speed limit on the approach to the Thickthorn roundabout. If the 381 drivers seen speeding on Monday and Tuesday were prosecuted, the camera would generate £22,860 - a rate of £5,715 an hour - in fines. John Fairey, manager of the Norfolk Casualty Reduction Partnership, said he believes more speeding drivers slipped through the net while the camera was trained on someone else. He said: "It's disappointing. We are there purely for the safety of the workforce. Please slow down. If you don't you will be caught.

in certain areas the police use gatso camera,s to check to see if cars have tax,mot and insurence.ive watched the camera take 100s of photos which are relayed some were and then checked to see if they are driving illegaly.any way i use a satnav which has speed cameras on it so i no wher every camera,s are in the uk.

The yorkshire ripper was caught on a routine traffic stop. Lets see a yellow box do that.

It's all a con. Doen't matter what you do they'll always think of a way to get money out of you (for 'they' see Taxman, Goverment, Police, Missus etc.) Quietman< 1 x SP30, 2xSP40 (In a week) - Damn those pesky cameras.

The latest one: People who can be clearly seen on their mobile phone while speeding through a camera will also be charged for using their mobile while driving. So - dependent on the speed.... it will be £60 & 3 points for speeding and another £60 and now 3 points for being on the dog n bone! - Cha-ching! I think it is fair - the amount of times i have been cut up by ppl who have been chatting on their mobile phones! Carty (with a SP30 - damm camera!)

If the government have their way, the speed cameras and road monitoring cameras will be utilised to do things like check car tax, if the mot is up to date, if you are wearing your seat belt etc. This system is already under development, and has been partially tested on the M25. Also, with the debate over car insurance prices, the major insurers are looking to bring in 'Black-Box' recorders for your car. Will record where you been what roads, how many miles, if you were speeding etc., this information will then be used to generate a monthly insurance bill based on what you have done. Dark times ahead, soon you won't be able to go out for a drive in the country without pre-approval from big brother. Quietman The Paranoid One

The more speed cameras on the road, the less police on the road. Fair enough they catch speeders, most of which slow down when they see one anyway. What about catching people without insurance, tax etc etc. Can a speed camera do that?

Are they just the police’s yellow piggy banks?