Fast and loose
Speed kills. So why are speed cameras so controversial?
DRIVING fast is dangerous, so the government wants to stop it. This week Kim Howells, the transport minister, suggested a speed limit in built-up urban areas of 20mph. That would save lives, but it will infuriate the people who think driving fast is not dangerous when they are doing it. The most militant people in this lobby claim to have disabled 750 of the country's 6,000-odd speed cameras, using paint, angle-grinders and firebombs.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Fast and loose”
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