Teen drives his hot hatch with 3 friends as passengers into lamp post by showing off his high speed handbrake turns.
Accident figures peak.
Council installs "safety" camera and lowers speed limit.
Next year figures revert to mean. Council: "Aha! The lower limit and camera has cut accidents, we'll make it permanent".
Net result: speed camera in middle of nowhere, on a dual carriageway, in isolated section of 40mph limit. Often on a bend.
Goodbye 85th percentile rule in yet another spot. I can see why that's unpopular. Yet the spots that really should have cameras near schools, or in other spots around town, generally don't.