{"id":41289,"date":"2026-01-11T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=41289"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:10:22","slug":"should-speed-cameras-be-hidden-road-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=41289","title":{"rendered":"Should speed cameras be hidden? | Road safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span style=\"color:var(--drop-cap);font-weight:700\" class=\"dcr-15rw6c2\">W<\/span>hat\u2019s the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance \u2013 then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK government in its new consultations on road safety should add the question of hiding speed cameras to their list of concerns. I\u2019m a driver, but also a pedestrian and cyclist and get fed up with seeing cars zooming down local roads at way more than 20 or 30mph. There are flashing lights that tell drivers what speed they\u2019re doing, but there\u2019s no penalty for going over at those points. <strong>Amy, Cornwall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to <\/em><strong>nq@theguardian.com<\/strong><em>. A selection will be published next Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance \u2013 then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK government in its new consultations on road safety should add the question of hiding speed cameras to their list of concerns. I\u2019m a driver, but also a pedestrian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[7431,3435,1377,253,2244],"class_list":{"0":"post-41289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-justice","8":"tag-cameras","9":"tag-hidden","10":"tag-road","11":"tag-safety","12":"tag-speed"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}