Came past a forward facing speed camera the other night, approaching at 40 mph and passing through at same speed. So the camera has done its job. Slowed me down to make that section of dual carriageway safer. Obviously an identified blackspot requiring a speed camera.
But to my right a motorcyclist bombed past me and the camera doing IMO 60-70 mph. Ha! I thought, gotcha. But no. Think about it. These cameras see the plate on the front of a speeding vehicle. Motor bikes don't have plates on their fronts, so they can blitz through unchallenged.
Isn't this biased. The camera is therefore not performing a speed reduction at that blackspot. It is then a revenue raising camera, not a safety camera and therefore should be replaced for a rear facing one to make the system fair for all.
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