The Evo Triangle Could Soon Be Ruined By Average Speed Cameras

The famed ‘Evo Triangle’ in North Wales could be slapped with lines of average speed cameras if the Welsh Government gets its way.

Safety campaigners highlight the fact that four people have died and 20 have been hurt on the brilliantly fast but challenging three-sided route over the last five years. They also blame the British magazine Evo for allegedly ‘encouraging’ rule-breaking on the roads.

That, as we all know, is utter bullship. As usual.

Nonetheless, the government-appointed task group looking at the so-called dangerous driving problem says that average speed cameras, like those already installed on the Cat & Fiddle pass in the Peak District, are a viable solution.

The much-loved Cat & Fiddle pub, by the way, which was once a rest point and lunch destination for car clubs, groups of bikers and anyone with a nice vehicle and money to spend, has seen business fall away so dramatically since the 50mph average speed cameras were installed that it has recently closed down.

A Welsh Government spokesman is quoted by the BBC as saying:

“We are progressing the proposal with an offer of funding to allow Conwy and Denbighshire councils to carry out further feasibility work on this.

“They will then be able to put forward a well-developed bid for funding from the Road Safety Capital Grant 2018-19.”

The Welsh Assembly Member for the area, Darren Millar, who seems to be your standard car-bashing, car-blaming politician, added:

“I have been calling on the government to do something along this stretch of road for some time.

“Too many people have been travelling too fast in this area for too long. We have to put a stop to this as soon as possible.”

Mr Millar had just better be prepared for the economic hit his area takes when all the sensible drivers who choose to enjoy the Evo Triangle before/after popping into Betws-y-Coed for breakfast go somewhere else instead.

Source: BBC