Safe speed
According to its Wikipedia entry,
Safe Speed is a British web-based road safety and motorist advocacy organisation run by former computer engineer Paul Smith. Safe Speed primarily campaigns against automated enforcement of speed limits, arguing that sticking to a speed limit does not guarantee safe driving, and that all motoring laws should be enforced appropriately and proportionately. It is regularly cited in mainstream media such as the BBC, as an opposing view on road safety issues. Safe Speed claim that they do not campaign against reasonable speed enforcement against drivers who are driving dangerously. (Accessed 18th October 2007)
An example of Safe Speed being cited by mainstream media is a 2007 article on the Reuters website, raising doubts about planned speed restrictions in the UK: 20 mph speed limit proposal for towns could be flawed.
It is unclear whether or not Smith is the sole member of Safe Speed.
Contact details
Coast View
Hunting Hill
near Tain
Ross-shire
Scotland
IV19 1PE
Phone: 01862 893030
Email: psmith AT safespeed.org.uk
Web: http://www.safespeed.org.uk
External links
- Comment by George Monbiot in the UK Guardian
- Wikipedia entry
