Apparently Brake are 'crowing' that the rules for speed camera placement are being relaxed. In future it will be allowable to install speed cameras in locations where there is no history of crashes.

Brake's position is absurd.

Paul Smith, founder of safespeed.org.uk said: "If you had 'life saving'resources, would you be stupid enough to waste them in safe places with no history of crashes? The road network is huge and he number of vehicle movements is vast. All dangerous places have a history of crashes - it's as simple as that. Brake's position is absurd."

"Of course speed cameras haven't made the roads safer anyway, but that's another story."

"Brake are also using the old 'sick trick' of adding 'speed in excess of a speed limit' (12% of fatal crashes) to 'inappropriate speed for the conditions'(14% of fatal crashes). Speed cameras cannot address inappropriate speed, which, of course is a driver quality issue."

"The 12% of fatal crashes INCLUDES extraordinary reckless behaviours - speeding drunks, thrill-seeking bikers, joyriders in stolen cars, banned drivers and so on. The proportion involving 'otherwise responsible' motorists is, of course far smaller."