Why would Traffic Cameras have the OPPOSITE of their intended effect?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-鈥?/a>Why would Traffic Cameras have the OPPOSITE of their intended effect?
What is the intended effect? In the US, no matter what the authorities say, the intended effect is to fill the city's treasure chest.



In that respect, the cameras work just fine.Why would Traffic Cameras have the OPPOSITE of their intended effect?
Your question (and more importantly, the journalist's headline) is not reflected in the article. The article specifically stated, "The Portsmouth speed limit is not enforced by speed humps or cameras, instead relying on motorists obeying the law."



In fact, the opposite of your question may be true based on this article. There was the next paragraph which read, "Previous studies have found that 20mph zones in which traffic-calming measures are also deployed produce bigger reductions in drivers' average speeds."



The amount of information contained in this article would indicate that there are many other variables the study does not seem to have accounted for. For example, the vehicles only slowed 1.3 MPH (which would indicate they were already going less than 20 MPH PRIOR to the posting of the lower limit.



A less-than-10% difference in serious injuries/fatalities would be ONE (statistically 1.2) person. Almost ANYTHING could account for a one person difference per year in the serious injury or death rate from vehicle incidents.



With samples from only one town, and statistics this small, more study would need to be done to make the statement made by the journalist in his article. In actuality, this is more a case of bad reporting by the journalist. His FACTS should have substantiated his headline, they don't...Why would Traffic Cameras have the OPPOSITE of their intended effect?
The intended effect was to improve traffic safety but the cameras have done nothing to reduce accidents and have been found to make people drive more erratically.
They don't.

We drove 55 in the 1980's, lies took you

backwards.