Service To The Public? Or Annoying Busy Bodies?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43841859

[jackthehat]

On the whole, I think it falls under the heading of 'Service to the public'.

[dannyk13]

The problem is that with no penalty being imposed it will have no effect on the speeders.

[kvalidir]

In theory it's a service to the community, in reality a certain type of person is likely to do it who sees themselves as a paragon of virtue, kind of like the 'Neighbourhood watch' curtain twitchers who confronted the nice Asian guy in a while transit van who was looking for my house when he delivered a hot tub for us because he 'didn't look local'.

[ToraToraTora]

not true danny, apparently only 2% have re offended.

[Old_Geezer]

Disservice to the public. War on car owners. Already we now spend more time looking at the speedometer than enduring safety by concentrating on our driving exclusively. It's just another distraction. They should be made an example of for making the world a more dangerous place, and generating stress in others just so they can feel important.

[kvalidir]

If only 2% have re-offended then i'll put up with the irritating curtain twitchers then TTT :)

[douglas9401]

Concerned neighbour labelled racist by Answerbanker.

Chortle.

[bhg481]

People complain because there aren't enough police to uphold motoring laws and then complain when members of the public volunteer to help.

[ToraToraTora]

TBH, normally I'd agree with OG's assessment but this appears to be in areas where schools etc are and the limit is 20mph anyway. They send out letters and, from the link, it seems that 98% of the time those letters are heeded, so I think I'd have to concede it is working.

[vulcan42]

" Speed cameras create resentment "
And they think a member of the public (plus two bodyguards) doing the work of the police, won't?

[Baldric]

I thought we paid for the Police to do that job, not these Jobsworths/Frustrated Hobby-Police, and with no penalty being involved it's toothless.

[Baldric]

@ 10:28
///A study it conducted in Aylmer Road, in Barnet, north London, suggested that volunteers working for a year were able to bring down the average speed by 11mph, to 31mph - below the 40mph limit///

[kvalidir]

I didn't say a word Douglas and the nice Asian guy was laughing about it actually, they labelled themselves, all by themselves :)

[-Talbot-]

If whilst looking for your house the nice Asian guy was outside someone else's house for that long that he came to the attention of neighbourhood watch perhaps he's in the wrong job.

I don't particularly like speed cameras but have no problem with the 'speed average' cameras.

[Prudie]

Annoying busybodies to me - I had one of those letters once and I remember them being there when I drove through their village and I know I was under 30mph. The letter means nothing and it seriously irritated me.

[woofgang]

If it also requires 2 pcsw's then why have the volunteer there?....although I guess if he is doing that then he isn't poking his nose in other ways.

[steg]

Anyone who feels it inconvenient should rejoice in the fact that it seems to be working very well,and could have saved a few/lots of kids from injury or death

[kvalidir]

I should point out Talbot that I live in the *** end of nowhere and the houses are spread out up drives over a mile or so square and every day we all experience people driving up to our houses looking for someone else, so nothing remotely weird about what he was doing, just he 'didn't look local' - apparently...

[sunny-dave]

In full view, outside a school in a 20mph zone - "A Service"

Lurking in the shrubbery on a safe, straight piece of 40mph road - "Busybodies"

[ludwig]

// 'Neighbourhood watch' curtain twitchers //

Nice. You'll no doubt be whinging about how ineffective they are if you're ever burgled.