Toad of Toad Hall meets the speed camera

You remember: Toad loved to speed and it caught up with him. This is an interesting article in terms of bringing some useful stats to bear on a debate that suffers from a lot of ignorant prognostications (exposed in the article). For evidence of the real war involving motorists, look in the mortuary | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian The thing I'd wonder about is Monbiot's insistence that the decision to take down speed cameras is about toffs getting caught or not. I actually think it's a cheap bit of attempting populism which may backfire when figures such as this are put into reverse in towns and villages up and down the country: "19% fewer people were killed or seriously injured at accident black spots after speed cameras were introduced, above and beyond the general decline in accidents on the roads." In fact the figures could be even more stark: "A study conducted by the Wiltshire and Swindon Safety Camera Partnership, across the whole county over three years, found that after speed cameras were installed there was a reduction at those sites in deaths and serious injuries of 69%."
Just imagine if you are living near to a speed camera on an accident blackspot and you have children, and you see that statistic ...