History
The organisation was started in 2001 by Paul Smith, who described himself as an 'advanced motorist and road safety enthusiast' and a former computer electronics engineer which ran from Smith's home in Scotland as a hobby for some time until 2003 when he closed his computer engineering business and ran Safe Speed full time following a heart attack. Following Smith's death in 2007 the campaign was taken over by his partner Claire Armstrong.
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