Published: Wednesday, 10th March, 2010 4:28pm
Average speed camera call for Fairlie
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Fairlie Community Council are investigating the possibility of average speed cameras at each end of the village to try and keep a step ahead of speeders through the village.
Chairman David Telford said he read the 'News' letters page with great interest where the idea was first mooted by a reader as the times and speeds are recorded, and an average speed is calculated. A stretch of the dual carriageway in south Ayrshire introduced the format several years ago and has proved successful in catching speeders.
He said: "It struck me as a good idea. The only thing is that you don't generally tend to find these average cameras in villages. It is something that I think we should write a letter to the transport authorities about."
Mr Telford asked if average speed cameras could be introduced in a village after hearing that they had been implemented in other towns including Minishant in South Ayrshire. Community councillor John Riddell recommended finding out what the criteria was in terms of introducing speed cameras.
Full story in this week's Largs and Millport News.
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Chris
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Mar 11 10 07:52
Comment: 9423
In other parts of the UK where speed cameras have been installed in villages at the behest of local villagers, most of those caught turn out to be local villagers. Be careful what you wish for.
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myohmyohmy
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Mar 11 10 10:34
Comment: 9425
What, no calls for trying to get a Fairlie by-pass, the plans for which that have been around for so long they may have been devised by passing vikings?
What about calls for more traffic police patrols through the village?
I would have thought Fairlie community council would have more pressing needs for the village, such as ideas on how to generate trade in the village, getting the pub re-open, things that would benefit the people of Fairlie, rather than looking into getting cameras up that are nothing more than income generators for the treasury. However, the problem of speeding cars through the village is not a new one so why voice this option now?
I don't think Fairlie community council should be allowing itself to be used for the campaign of the Conservative Candidate in the upcoming election seeing as the "reader" who sent in the letter was none other then Philip Lardner.
Will Daivd Telford now come clean and state whether he is a Conservative Party member and is using the community council for the purposes of furthering the chances of the Tory candidate?
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Philip Lardner
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Mar 12 10 08:59
Comment: 9475
I'm sure Mr Telford can answer for himself (if he chooses to grace this nonsense with a response at all), but - as usual - the facts are rather different from those outlined in the ridiculous allegation above.
The original letter about this in the News was not from me, but from a Mr Byers of Fairlie (who I have never met, incidentally). It was a very sensible idea, that's why myself and Councillor Elisabethe Marshall have taken it up. She has now written to the Head of Roads at NAC to have its viability investigated as a matter of urgency.
Sensible ideas from constituents SHOULD surely be taken up by politicians - given the chance, that's how I intend to operate anyway.
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myohmyohmy
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Mar 15 10 21:03
Comment: 9563
Thank you Mr Lardner for your thought provoking reply to my concerns, neither of which i believe to be nonsense nor ridiculous.
I am concerned that you have chosen to ignore village concerns that having a by-pass would be better for the village, something which is very much in demand and would instantly cut down speeding through the village on what is a very busy main road.
However, fortunately there is a politician and a party who seems to agree with my concerns that speed cameras are not the best way forward, namely Theresa Villiers, Transport spokesperson for the Conservative Party.
To quote her speech at last Octobers Conservative Conference When talking about speed cameras:
"Under Labour they've almost trebled. The truth is the fines they generate are blinding Labour to the proven merits of other better ways to keep our roads safe: like education, like vehicle activated signs, like traffic police."
Seeing as you have stated in the past that you are at odds with David Cameron regarding his environment policies it would seem you are now in disagreement with your potential Minister for Transport.
Mr Lardner, are you sure you know exactly which party you are standing for?
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