tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post112150360012066987..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans Speed CamerasKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121675868507525602005-07-18T09:37:00.000+01:002005-07-18T09:37:00.000+01:00Jeremy Clarkson calls them piggy banks. Anti-Speed...Jeremy Clarkson calls them piggy banks. Anti-Speed camers groups call them Scameras. The camera vans are nicknamed Tallyvans because they are out terrorising motorists (Is this old joke back too early yet...)<BR/><BR/>You had better watch out the time over distance cameras are becoming popular now, nanny is watching you all the way, don't you dare even think of speeding. Paranoid moi?<BR/><BR/>Soon we will have black boxes in our cars tied by direct debit to our bank accounts giving nanny a steady stream of revenue every time we turn the key and a big bonus if we dare go 5 mph over the speed limit.<BR/><BR/>Have you noticed how effective the 50mph limit on motorway roadworks had been. People are behaving so nanny has dropped the limit to 40mph on most motorway roadworks. Draw your own conclusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121629286986722182005-07-17T20:41:00.000+01:002005-07-17T20:41:00.000+01:00As far as safety goes the camera probably makes dr...As far as safety goes the camera probably makes drivers more attentive but not at the road ahead, they are known as cash machines! you would expect the deaths to go down as the cars are becoming better at crashes (protcting the occupants and peds), the worst stats for london were at the end of the horse age!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com