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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Should speed cameras go?

Speed cameras have been shot at, set fire to, spray painted, knocked down and whinged about everywhere.

Now Swindon council is to scrap them.

The Mail and Press Association claim motorists will be delighted by the decision.

Sure enough, Mail readers have been piling onto the website's message board to congratulate Swindon.

But others aren't so sure. "This news will only be celebrated by petrolheads and reckless risk-takers, not by careful motorists who, in reality, form the majority," says the Walthamstow blogger Freewheeler.

What do you think?

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