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Road Safety Bill [HL]

My experience is different from that of the noble Earl. I travel on the A2 to Bexleyheath, on which there is a 50 mph limit. I switch on cruise control and travel all the way there, except that every time I approach a speed camera, I have to brake, because some people gallop to the speed camera at 60 mph, slam on their brakes, slow down to 40 mph at the point of passing the camera, and then accelerate again. In practice, there is no advantage to galloping between cameras. However, I have observed that the vast majority of people do that, particularly during the rush hour, rather than obeying the law, as the noble Earl does, with or without technical assistance.