[Sussex] Copywrite and the Old Woman ...

[Mark Harrison (Groups)]

On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 23:59 +0100, Geoff Teale wrote:
> The interesting thing here is that speed cameras do work.  I slow 
> down for them. 

It's interesting that you are using the colloquial term "speed cameras"
for them, and therefore concluding that they work.

Were you to use the technically correct term "safety cameras", then you
would, perhaps, be forced to conclude otherwise.

One of the most shocking graphs I ever saw was the DECLINE in road
deaths from 1950-2000. The line went down at a relatively steep angle
until a particular point, at which point it noticeably got shallower. 

That is to say, the number of deaths still declined, but the rate of
decline was lower than before, or put another way, the "road safety"
policies were still effective but nothing like as effective as the
previous policies.

The date of the kink in the line coincided with the change in policy
away from "safety and skill" to "speed kills".

M.