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Automatic speed cameras may no longer be reported

It was, however, foreseeable: by electing the main instigator of automated sanction control to the Presidency of the Republic, the French had to expect a further tightening of the road safety policy towards them….

It was, however, foreseeable: by electing the main instigator of automated sanction control to the Presidency of the Republic, the French had to expect a further tightening of the road safety policy towards them….

Thus "the personal question" of Dominique Bussereau according to which "these signs [indicating the presence of a fixed speed camera, editor‘s note] are not of total severity because we can clearly see that motorists reduce their speed and as soon as the area is over, they recap on the mushroom "- is only the first sign of a new, larger-scale offensive against motorists and bikers.

"One can wonder if at a time, we should not remove them", estimated on the channel Public Senate the new Secretary of State in charge of transport under the authority of Alain Juppe, reacting to information from our colleagues Auto Plus indicating that "the government of Nicolas Sarkozy is seriously considering removing the signs warning of the presence of a radar booth. Even if such an announcement will not be made before the legislative elections, the will to remove this sign would be real ".

However, one would have thought that this very widespread practice – slowing down when approaching a radar and then resuming normal speed – once again highlighted the inadequacy of the vast majority of speed limits to current traffic conditions, due in particular to the enormous progress made by vehicles since the 1970s.

But this is not the case: any driver exceeding the prescribed speed, even if only a small kilometer per hour, is a dangerous criminal who should be put out of harm’s way by multiplying by all means fines and withdrawals of points.

Thus, as soon as one notices that the said driver slows down when approaching a radar (was it not predictable?), It is advisable to prevent it by removing the warning signs…

And it does not matter that the vast majority of traffic tickets issued by speed cameras concern very small overtaking without any risk either for others, or for the "offender of the road" abundantly stigmatized by the government and all media.

Because who remembers today that by very cleverly covering the entire territory with these new automatic radars, the government swore to whoever wanted to hear it that there was no question of trapping anyone and that radars would therefore be duly reported, in order to warn motorists of their imminent arrival in an accident-prone area? (read our and in particular and)

Motorists just have to buy a GPS, indicates in substance Dominique Bussereau, former minister of agriculture close to Jean-Pierre Raffarin, currently general councilor (UDF then UMP) of Charente-maritime, deputy mayor of Saint-George-de-Didonne (17) and first vice-president of the agglomeration community of Royan (17).

And it is clear that due to the growing individualization of society, we can hardly count on the solidarity practice of calling lights, which had its heyday in the 70s and 80s..

With technological progress helping, we can even calmly wait for the miniaturization of automatic radars so as to make them almost invisible. Their range can also be extended and the precision of their photos improved, without forgetting the gradual generalization of continuous speed control, by calculating the average time of a given journey: first very easily on the motorways between the entrance and the toll, then on the national and departmental roads thanks to the GPS…

We could then continue to verbalize at all costs, without even having recourse to radars … and all this in our common interest, of course. !

In the meantime, only the 40 million motorists association has expressed its reservations by sending an open letter to Dominique Bussereau. Through the voice of its president Rene Queffelec, the association recalls that "the pre-signaling is a good thing because it is a call to order which causes a glance at the meter followed, if necessary, by a gradual slowing down in good safety conditions while the surprise due to the flash or the simple sight of the radar causes a sudden braking which can be dangerous. Let us not forget either the feeling of exasperation that this causes and which does not promote

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