http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Speed cameras cut injuries by a quarter - RAC research" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:53:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113422 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:55:34 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 113422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SafeSpeed are truly, utterly, completely bonkers. I have no idea how they manage to get invited to talk about transport infrastructure - even stranger that they often get introduced as a 'road safety' organisation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113420 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:44:50 +0000 Dave 113420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Volunteers from Safespeed wanted now for medical experiment:</strong> get hit by a car on our local test track at 60mph (control group will be hit at 20mph).</p> <p>Any volunteers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113349 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:17:02 +0000 kaputnik 113349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I chanced to hear Claire Armstrong this morning and it had me shouting at the radio.</p> <p>Her "point" was that accidents can happen at 20mph or just as likely at 60mph. The point that she completely ignored/overlooked was all the evidence for pedestrian survival rates increasing as speed reduces. She almost suggested that modern car design as such that being hit at 60mph for a pedestrian was no worse than 20mph. She also completely ignored reaction times - people may drive just as inattentively at 60mph as at 20mph, but at the lower speed their reaction time is proportionately increased as oncoming speeds and braking distances reduce.</p> <p>Unfortunately her opposite debater didn't / couldn't get the chance to tell her to shuttupayouface.</p> <p>Looking at the Saferspeed website, their thinking seems to be centred entirely on car:car collisions.</p> <p>They basically seem to want to be left in peace to speed as they please. Nowhere do their cover letter of they mention or challenge the speed limits that cameras are meant to enforce. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113346 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:10:38 +0000 rust 113346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"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."</em></p> <p>Face. Palm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113345 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:10:34 +0000 crowriver 113345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Safe Speed, eh? There's an oxymoron if ever I saw. Or maybe just a moron. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113344 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:04:19 +0000 chdot 113344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Radio4 Today just had Claire Armstrong of <a href="http://www.safespeed.org.uk/">Safe Speed</a> on - refuting it all. </p> <p><a href="http://www.speedcameras.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.speedcameras.org</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10387#post-113342 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:54:45 +0000 chdot 113342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22809291" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22809291</a> </p>