The sobering thing is that the people behind the road safety campaigns and cameras have probably made the roads less safe by giving the powers that be an excuse to cut costs and cut the numbers of traffic officers.

You can sign the online petition against this here http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/noNSLreduction/

Again a very valid and indisputable point. Interesting to see the number of skid marks near camera sites; could suggest that the drivers who caused them were not paying much attention at the time?