Welcome to Speed Cameras Dot Org

Book Review Ex-traffic police officer reveals UK driving secrets. We review the book to discover if it can really help in cancelling speeding and parking tickets.

At speedcameras.org we campaign to get the government and police to sensibly address law enforcement on British roads and to adjust their policies to save the most number of lives. Speed cameras and the Safety Camera Partnerships are not the answer and do not work as the facts we present here prove.

More people die unnecessarily in hospitals from poor hygiene than in road traffic accidents. Yet the government's response to prevent 5000 unnecessary deaths a year in hospitals is to tell staff how to wash their hands. Meanwhile, poorly located speed cameras fail to prevent accidents (2003 had the highest death rate since 1997) and according to police data exceeding the speed limit is the cause of only 4% of accidents. Why not refocus resources on the other 96% of causes?

So why would the Government continue to support a scheme that is simply not working? Because success is not measured by the number of lives saved but by the amount of revenue generated - £120 million in 2003.

Speed cameras are a dangerous distraction - read more.

Please take a few minutes to read through the facts about speed cameras that we've compiled from the Government's own figures and other reports. Read our special feature: One Million Illegal Drivers in UK - no justice when illegal drivers kill on roads. Wondering what the government's guidelines are on the placement of speed cameras? Read this.

20 August 2008