Speed cameras to go private?

[bandk]

Since quite a few councils are now dropping speed cameras to save money, a good thing in my view, they reckon speed can be kept in check by cheaper means. The ACPO have put forward the idea that speed cameras and hence the revenue they collect should be turned over to private companies.

Anyone else seen this news article? it was on Sky television news earlier in the week. I can see it being open to much abuse ifit does fall into private hands, in fact I can see all the 'satety camera partnerships' rubbing their hands in glee and gearing up to go private already!

Whatever happened to the law of the land being enforced by the police and not private companies? You only have to look at the debacle of clamping companies to see what I mean

[jc50]

I cant see them privatising that function. Where is the revenue going to come from - a % of the fines ?

the whole idea is daft.....like a lot of the ConDem ideas...off the wall!!
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[Darren]

It's been outsourced in the US and Australia but I'd be very surprised if we went the same way here. Not impossible though.
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Darren Griffin

[Wazza_G]

The idiots of this country are so inept & dimwitted that they'd sell their mother & their souls to the devil, that's why this countries in the mess it's in now!

Of course they'll do it, you can expect a company with a shareholding MP to take over just like that. All it needs then is for people to take revenge on the operators, like they've done in the US, but of course the people of this country haven't got the spine/backbone to do such a thing. All we do here is roll-over have our tummies ticked & put up with it.
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[Darren]

Serco. They've already got contracts for speed camera installation, parking enforcement as well as the London Bike Hire scheme. All it takes is the greasing of palms and it's a done deal.

Given the Govt has withdrawn funding, all it takes now is for them to say 'well do it for you, cost you nowt and we'll give you all the profits after our costs' and they'll bite their hands off.

The stumbling block will be joe public. Will we lie down and let law enforcement be handed over to the private sector? We've done it with parking tickets but I'd hope this would be a step too far?
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Darren Griffin

[Skippy]

[Darren]

[Andy_P]

[Darren]

http://www.admiral.com/newsArticles/4365/Private-land-wheel-clamping-'to-be-outlawed'
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Darren Griffin

[Skippy]

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