Until I retired last year, I patrolled the streets of Brighton for 25 years as a traffic patrol police officer.

P J Benham's ill-informed comments (Letters, November 14) deserve a reply. Speeding is against the law because it kills people.

I attended the scene of dozens of fatal accidents caused by drivers who where victims of this folly, including numerous accidents on Preston Road, and can tell you the police have records of these accidents because I wrote them.

The glass left on the road is all that usually remains to be seen after the breakdown lorry has removed the bent and broken cars after the drivers and passengers had been taken to hospital to take up yet another bed which could have gone to a needy person.

Finally, it is not the camera that is sneaky. It is the driver who is being sneaky by breaking the law and complaining when caught by a highly accurate machine.

If you drive along Preston Road at 30mph, this camera is clearly visible. Does Mr Benham suggest shops remove those sneaky concealed CCTV cameras so shoplifters can break the law as well?

-Roger Brown, Audrey Close, Brighton