I READ your article on June 27 entitled "Roadside spies limit accidents" with great interest.
The statistics appear to show a 30 per cent drop in accidents following (we are told) the introduction of a new lower speed limit and cameras to enforce this. This more than justifies the use of cameras, says the council spokesman and Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
What they fail to mention is the fact that these measures were not introduced in isolation. Other improvements were made, including the lengthening of several very short slip roads.
Now any driving manual will tell you that roads like St Peter's Way are far safer than other roads, except when joining the road.
Perhaps the council spokesman can tell us how many accidents were attributed to too short slip roads in 2000, so we can make a proper comparison. Only then, can the claims that cameras lead to fewer accidents be made.
Elaine Warburton
Ivanhoe Court
Bolton
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