On Sat, 27 May 2006 11:11:43 +0100, Westy was popularly supposed to have said:
Yes, the camera is a technical solution to what is basically a legal problem; how do you tell who is driving a car?
New Gatso 202I find these campaigns by illogical people amusing. It's not a stealth-tax; the magic solution is - don't speed. If you're only doing 10% over the limit, ie: 33...
Why "Honest John" is a tosser 203Steve Firth From the Telegraph Motoring section 27th May: "I bought a Fiat Panda in December and it recently saved my life... when pulled into the path of a large 4x4. Only when...
There are four ways you can go from this.
Firstly, get away from the problem of trying to identify who is driving the car by not bothering to put points on a licence; just add the fine to the road tax owing on that car, send the registered keeper a letter (with a piccy of the offending vehicle, etc) saying this has been done, and let the registered keeper sort out whose arse gets kicked for speeding.
Secondly, try the above technical work-around. Problem is, quite a few people (Muslim women, for instance) wear clothes that mask their faces almost completely, which makes identifying them a non-starter. Tony Blair masks will also become extremely popular should this idea take off, as will infra red blocking windscreen coatings-films.
Thirdly, stop trying to enforce speed limits by camera and devolve this to traffic plod instead. This has been shown to be highly effective in the past, more so than speed cameras.
Fourthly, give up entirely and enforce speed limits much less.
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