The BBC and Cambridgeshire police show that averaging cameras reduce accidents and improve traffic flow on the A14 - this is exactly what we are campaigning for on the A43. There is a good video clip at the link here. In the video the policeman describes how people rush, brake, bunch up and tail back far less causing much better, calmer journeys. The accidents are down 80%. The BBC News article says:
'Serious and fatal collisions on a Cambridgeshire road have fallen by 80% after new speed cameras were installed.
'The overall rate of collisions on the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon has dropped by 21% in 2007-2008 compared with the previous year.
'Insp Clinton Hale said: "We have had feedback from motorists saying the road is calmer and journeys are safer.'
We can't understand why Northamptonshire County Council won't install these cameras on the A43
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