Speed Cameras

Drive legally and stick to speed limits, Then it doesn't really matter where the cameras are does it :)
 
thats very true HarryX.

but youv'e to watch out for so many things when your driving without having to see all the idiots slam on as they approach a speed camara.
 
When they slam on they slow down to the speed your legally doing.. So no problem :)

As someone who drives a 2 litre Diesal Astra I can safely say that driving at 30mph is a royal PITA!
 
i know HarryX - but your instant reaction is to brake aswell.

as for the speed camera's themselves - do you not think that half of them are in pointless places?

such as the one near Oswaldtwistle Mill - i mean even when the Mills is semi-busy its a nightmare getting on the Car Park so the traffic on the main road is less than 30 mph anyway - so what's the point in the camera being there?
 
Yeagh I have seen daft ones and I ahve seen really dangerous ones as well.. Such as just round a bend.. If your going with the flow of traffic (speeders excuse) and the car in front goes around a sharp bend and sees the camera he will automatically slam on before even checking his speed... Your next round the bend and WHAM!

On the way to Burscough last season.. through country lanes.... I rounded a sharp bend and slammed on when I saw it... Good job there was nowt behind me..

On the whole though... Keep to legal speeds.. know your speed.. and nothing wrong IMHO
 
know exactly what you mean.

i think most 'sensible drivers' can admit to driving over the speed limit at some point during the week though.

myself included!
:)
 
My wife or eldest tend to keep an eye on me... tell me when I go over...

I wasn't suggesting I don't do it.. Only that its hard to complain about speed cameras if the answer is stay legal and there not so much of a problem..

I dont think people should drink to access... But I do hehehe NOT driving.. sheesh.. I mean I can say things are wrong even though I do them :) IYSWIM
 
i knew what you meant HarryX - i wasnt taking it out of context.

im just not a fan of the Zero Tolerance brigade who say that if your driving at 32mph then youve broken the law and three points on your licence with an added bonus of a £60 fine.

i just think that the majority of speed camera's are to catch unsuspecting motorists rather than to reduce the number of accidents etc.

:)
 
haa zero tollerance is a different story...

I am not apposed to speed cameras to be honest.. However I read recently about the limits they set on them and how it started as (example 30mph area) 40 then 35 and then 32 and some areas its now anythign over 30.. I think there should be some leeway...

After all the object is to slow people down and make the roads safer.. not get as many speeders as you can :(
 
thats true HarryX.

but whilst they are raking in so much money i cant see it changing.

in fact we are probably going to see a lot more pop up in the coming months/years.
:(
 
Seems to me that they are placed to produce the most revenue, not necessarily where there have been accidents, or there is the potential for them.

Where I live there is a strange 3 way junction, and cars come speeding round there like there's no tomorrow. I can hear them screeching to a halt constantly. Can't believe there hasn't been a bad accident there yet. >:(
 
Who has the finally say about these cameras and where they go anyway? Is it the Police or local councils?
 
I think they should be banned and all the money spent on them put into increase the size of the police force, not all accidents are caused by speeding!
 
In my opinion, speed cameras are not the solution to stopping speading.  As mentioned, people see the camera and slow down (Some brake quite hard at times) and speed up when they pass it.  The main people that the cameras are going to get are those not local to the specific area as they do not know where the cameras are, so it makes you wonder if it just a money raising alternative.

It's one thing that does annoy me with the police, why can they not pay for more officers or units rather than on high speed detection devices, etc......
 
Gatso camera sites are decided by the police and the county council. they are supposed to be a safety measure but as we all know, a majority are placed to make money. Mobile units are money makers. I was recently fined for driving at 34.7mph after just leaving a 40 zone and going into a 30 zone. They even knew I was decreasing my speed but still did me anyway! They hide them in the back of vans and stick a little sign no bigger than 6 inch square a few metres from the van and sometimes in the dark of night so you dont know they are there! I drive to the speed limit always but i think there should be more vax systems rather than gatso, mini gatso and mobile units(ds2's)... the tss systems are a nasty piece of work too! they monitor you over a long stretch of road and calculate your speed and upload the data for processing..
 
I work for a company which supply some types of speed cameras to the european police forces... if anyone was wondering..
 
ossymal said:
I work for a company which supply some types of speed cameras to the european police forces..
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Do they work in the dark?
If so which ones do and which ones don't?
 
yeah they do... the lux level on these cameras work in extreme conditions which basically means it can compensate for any loss of light and still retrieve a clear image. the signal from the analogue signal from the camera is converted to digital then enhanced. they are currently developiing a new type of camera which will track you on a national level. Its being developed on the apnr(number plate recognition) camera system. when this camera detects you it communicates with a central server which checks for tax & insurance. They are currently working on including a check for the mot also.
 
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