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To think the police should focus limited officers on crime not speedometers

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Chocstrawberries · 04/10/2024 16:24

The past two days I have driven past two speed checks, yet the last time I saw any police patrolling our high street is years ago. Given that we've got speed cameras I think the police should focus on patrols and solving burglaries and other crime until they get more officers to spare some for speeding. Or give speeding checks to traffic wardens.

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BouncyBally · 04/10/2024 16:38

sunonthetrees · 04/10/2024 16:28

Speed kills. Burglars don’t!

Sometimes burglars do kill or maim.

Redglitter · 04/10/2024 16:37

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:31

Obviously most people on this thread don't care if their home gets burgled or their loved one gets stabbed

How do you come to that conclusion. Traffic officers wouldn't be dealing with burglars or assaults. They're there for traffic calls & offences - like speeding

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:35

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:34

Of course I’d care, but I care less about my home than my child’s life/safety.

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Your child could get killed by a driver driving at the speed limit

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:35

It’s also not “quite likely”.

ichundich · 04/10/2024 16:34

How do you know that "nobody was speeding"? Did you stand there with the police measuring everyone's speed? Speeding kills lots of people every year; where I live certain drivers regularly do 50 mph and more in a 30 zone. I'd very much like more police to crack down on this.

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:34

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:33

But you don't care if your home gets burgled which is quite likely

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Of course I’d care, but I care less about my home than my child’s life/safety.

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:33

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:32

My loved ones are more likely to be killed by a speeding driver than stabbed, on balance of probability.

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But you don't care if your home gets burgled which is quite likely

HelpMeGetThrough · 04/10/2024 16:32

I think the police should focus on patrols and solving burglaries and other crime until they get more officers to spare some for speeding. Or give speeding checks to traffic wardens.

Or the Roads Policing Unit, which will be doing this. It's part of what they do.

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:32

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:31

Obviously most people on this thread don't care if their home gets burgled or their loved one gets stabbed

My loved ones are more likely to be killed by a speeding driver than stabbed, on balance of probability.

MaryBeardsShoes · 04/10/2024 16:32

Chocstrawberries · 04/10/2024 16:30

I don't want people to speed either of course not. But in one of the checks I passed the officers were very visible and right by a speed camera. Both in 20mph areas. Nobody was speeding. I didn't feel like they were effective.

People slow down because they see a speed camera/trap. Job done. They, sadly, weren’t driving at the speed limit because of their good nature! It’s because the police car was there!

Anedina · 04/10/2024 16:31

Obviously most people on this thread don't care if their home gets burgled or their loved one gets stabbed

Caravaggiouch · 04/10/2024 16:31

If people didn’t speed then it wouldn’t be needed. But they do, and it kills people, so it is. The more people get done for speeding the better, as far as I’m concerned, and if they could also do more people for using a mobile while driving then great.

Cyclebabble · 04/10/2024 16:31

Speeding is a crime like any other and is a major cause of road death. I am often concerned at the speed people drive past the school in my village and wish there was more resource allocated to dealing with this.

dontbenastyhaveapasty · 04/10/2024 16:30

Speeding kills and maims far more people than petty crime does. YABU

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Chocstrawberries · 04/10/2024 16:30

I don't want people to speed either of course not. But in one of the checks I passed the officers were very visible and right by a speed camera. Both in 20mph areas. Nobody was speeding. I didn't feel like they were effective.

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sunonthetrees · 04/10/2024 16:28

Speed kills. Burglars don’t!

Redglitter · 04/10/2024 16:28

The cops doing the speed checks will be traffic officers. So speeding is their remit. It's not taking anyone away from walking the beat.

tweeters · 04/10/2024 16:27

Speeding is a crime too.

Allfur · 04/10/2024 16:25

Speeding's pretty bad

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