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UK Government To Research Into Mystery Camera Deaths
After analysing the road accident statistics around Britain’s 5200 speed cameras, the UK government yesterday announced the launch of a research program in an attempt to explain the patchy results.
Though most cameras have produced marked improvements and corresponding reductions in deaths in the areas where the cameras have been installed, some cameras have actually produced the opposite effect, increasing the number of road deaths.
The research program announced today is intended to work out why certain cameras are failing.
“There is a definite pattern to where the system isn’t working…” Alistair Darling the transport secretary told BIGfib.
“In busy areas with complex road systems and large numbers of pedestrians, where large numbers of cameras have been installed, there would appear to be a huge number of hit and run accidents which we have yet to explain.”
“The explanation may be simple… As I drove in today, for instance, on one of the most dangerous sections, Western Avenue , London, I myself noticed that the road had a large number of bumps in the surface… My Range Rover was bouncing all over the place; it felt like a safari. I didn’t get a chance to see what the bumps were caused by, to be honest I was too busy hunting the pavement for hidden cameras and checking my speedometer all the time to look much at the road in front of me, but whatever those bumps in the road surface are, well they may in some way contribute to why so many pedestrians are being run over.”
See also: Speedo adds “No driving” warnings to swim goggles
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