Dear Editor:
There continues to be many letters against photo radar. I have never read so much rubbish coming from what are certainly intelligent and normally rational persons.
One really flawed conception is to slow traffic down by making the roads narrower (‘One-sided framing,’ Sept. 11). This idea may almost work, but consider if an emergency response vehicle comes up from behind and is trying to get through traffic. Space is required so that vehicles can pull over out of the way.
The speeding problem is not the fault of the road, but the driver. Typically, most people are not really paying attention and don’t really allow sufficient time to get where they are going and have no idea what speed they are going at, most of the time.
They have no real concern regarding the environment around them and what harm they may be inflicting upon it. It is merely a case of how quickly can they get to where they are going. Most people have it timed to the minute, especially if they are driving to work.
Speed cameras are very successful in catching these drivers, who then become very angry with the local councils, instead of themselves.
The message is quite simple really, and that is when passing through town, give yourself more time, pay attention, respect the environment and observe all the speed limits. Save the speed for the main highway, but that is yet another story.
Malcolm McCulloch,
Fergus