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The efficacy or otherwise of speed cameras in reducing the road traffic accident rate is a contentious issue, with the technology a longstanding target for motoring groups such as Safe Speed.
However, even the most cursory look at the evidence reveals speed cameras to have had some very encouraging effects in improving UK road safety, which helps explain why Safe Speed is in the minority; the AA reports that 69% of its members favour the use of speed cameras.
For example, in 2009 another blow was dealt to the anti-speed camera lobby with the disclosure of a Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership report. The report looked at the effect of the full 17 years of speed camera use in the Thames Valley area.
Significantly, the study found that in the sites where speed cameras had been introduced between 1992 and 1994 there had been a dramatic fall in the number of crashes in which people had suffered serious or fatal personal injury.
Thames Valley's operations manager commented, "This report is the result of a great deal of work to improve and interpret the historic data that we hold, it shows safety cameras do have a significant role to play as part of a coherent road safety strategy.
"We cannot police the entire road network with cameras, nor would we ever want to, but working alongside our commitment to driver education, engaging with the public and improvements to road engineering, they do reduce casualties."
However useful speed cameras may be in preventing road traffic accidents in areas where, without their presence, some drivers may be tempted to exceed a safe speed, proof such as the Thames Valley study is unlikely to deter anti-speed camera groups from branding them as "Stealth Tax Scameras".
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Whether you were the victim of a road traffic accident caused by excessive speed, reckless driving or inattention, if you believe that another party is responsible for your car crash injuries, it may be possible to claim 100 percent compensation for your losses.
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