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Paul	22-08-2010 20:17

Re: Speed cameras axed over funding

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35077250)

20mph zones have been in use for years.. especially in urban streets, outside of schools/parks so why can;t they enforce these the same way as any other road ?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Not round here. I cant think of a single one.

Kymmy

22-08-2010 20:21

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Loads round here.. (which is also local to vanman)

Whether a locale has 20mph zones or not it till doesn't stop the fact that no matter what the speed limit is the police will enforce it..

As I've always said in many a forum (especially the biking ones) if you don't want to worry about speed cameras then don't speed :D

Turkey Machine

22-08-2010 20:21

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Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 35077273)

Not round here. I cant think of a single one.

Actually, he's right. Nottingham has no 20mph zones that I can think of. Even in the throat of the city centre it's still 30mph.

Hugh	22-08-2010 20:24

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8% of the roads in Leeds have a 20MPH speed limit, including about 70% of those near schools.

Kymmy

22-08-2010 20:24

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From over a year ago

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/ne...l/article.html

vanman

22-08-2010 20:53

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35077275)

yer load of 20mph zones none have got cameras on them but in London they want all urban areas to be 20mph

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Hackney said it wanted 20mph limits on all its residential roads.

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"Average speed cameras on London's back roads will massively increase the opportunity to charge motorists.”

Hugh	22-08-2010 22:02

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Average speed cameras on London's back roads will massively increase the opportunity to charge motorists.”

only if they go faster than the speed limit....

Gary L

22-08-2010 22:22

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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35077305)

only if they go faster than the speed limit....

When I'm in the mood I drive at 30mph on a 30mph road. I gradually see a queue forming behind me and I can tell they're not very happy. I only do it to prove to myself that it's impossible for everyone to do the required speed limit for longer than say a few seconds.

a tip for going through these average speed cameras. if you know you've gone over, then stop for a while before coming out the other end.

your average speed will probably work out as walking pace that way. :)

Stuart

22-08-2010 22:45

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Originally Posted by vanman (Post 35077295)

yer load of 20mph zones none have got cameras on them but in London they want all urban areas to be 20mph

Hackney is part of London, but it is not London.

Hugh	23-08-2010 08:29

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35077312)

When I'm in the mood I drive at 30mph on a 30mph road. I gradually see a queue forming behind me and I can tell they're not very happy. I only do it to prove to myself that it's impossible for everyone to do the required speed limit for longer than say a few seconds.

a tip for going through these average speed cameras. if you know you've gone over, then stop for a while before coming out the other end.

your average speed will probably work out as walking pace that way. :)

Surely it would be less inconvenient for yourself just to drive at 30?

Kymmy

23-08-2010 10:45

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35077497)

BTW according to Clarkson on a dual carriageway with average speed sensing if you switch lanes between cameras the system won't register you. Not that I'd want to test it though.

That used to be correct upto a point as the camera's were paired (though not always in the same lane) so you had to go through both paired cameras to register an average speed.

These days though all the cameras can be interconnected so it doesn't matter which lane you're in..

Gary L

23-08-2010 15:33

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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35077454)

Surely it would be less inconvenient for yourself just to drive at 30?

30 will cost you a Â£95 fine.

martyh

23-08-2010 17:52

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35077312)

a tip for going through these average speed cameras. if you know you've gone over, then stop for a while before coming out the other end.

your average speed will probably work out as walking pace that way. :)

sounds a bit bloody dangerous to me ,hope i never end up behind you

Hugh	23-08-2010 17:55

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35077717)

30 will cost you a Â£95 fine.

Or the appropriate speed limit for wherever the average speed cameras are; I was going on your comment

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When I'm in the mood I drive at 30mph on a 30mph road

but you probably knew that......

Derek

01-04-2011 05:20

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Seems like turning them off worked well...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-12928747

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Speed cameras across Oxfordshire are to be switched back on eight months after they were turned off.

Thames Valley Police said since then the number of deaths and serious injuries on the roads had increased.

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