Xavier McAuliffe, the main figure behind the GoSafe consortium, the group which operates the new network of speed cameras, has been caught speeding two times in three days. The tycoon however was not caught by his own cameras, but by an old fashion police radar gun by journalists from the Mail on Sunday.
The businessman was caught driving at 81 km/h in a 60 km/h zone (50 mph in a 37 mph zone) and later at 140 km/h (87 mph). According to the Daily Mail, the businessman declined to comment on the Mail on Sunday's report.
Xavier McAuliffe and the GoSafe consortium are currently rolling out camera-equipped vans which will be used to “make the roads safer” as the consortium says. The vans have already attracted the wrath of those who would rather not see them on the roads. One such van was set on fire this Friday.
The UK is perhaps the most camera-filled region in the world, but the views on the subject vary. While motorists are naturally inclined to wish them gone, authorities say the are there to save lives.
According to Cochrane Collaboration, who compiled 28 separate speed camera studies, fatal and serious crashes decreased by in between 11 and 44 percent in the area where the cameras operate.
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