AA introduces speed camera map

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by bopdude

One thing is that you'll have to look at the map whilst driving so's you can avoid the safty camera's thus knocking up the accident rate whilst reducing speeding

No , you use your nav to read the map

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

No , you use your nav to read the map

My Nav... my Nav, she slept on the back seat the whole 1000 miles of the Bops bi adventure trip to belgium, so you tell me, what chance of I got of keeping her awake, let alone reading a map

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Saxodriver

Don't speed and you don't get fined by the camera's?

Originally Posted by Bopdude

its simple enough, don't do the crime if ya can't do the time

I don't see what the fuss is about. We're supposed to know where these cameras are, aren't we??

If you read this map and plan your route to avoid the cameras, are you not being sensible in avoiding well known and well marked accident blackspots thus reducing you chances of having an accident.

Surely it's in everyones best interests and in the interest of "safety" that the AA publish this map?

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Pierre

If you read this map and plan your route to avoid the cameras, are you not being sensible in avoiding well known and well marked accident blackspots thus reducing you chances of having an accident.

by that token you are taking the traffic away from one spot and sending it to another, won't that just cause the same probs but in a different spot

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by bopdude

by that token you are taking the traffic away from one spot and sending it to another, won't that just cause the same probs but in a different spot

not neccessarily

[allieyoung666]

I am Pauls nav, but I must admit I end up fighting with him. I think it is a good idea and when we get a car with GPS or get a Tom tom, I would certainly think about investing in AA'S maps.

[purenuman]

Originally Posted by bopdude

by that token you are taking the traffic away from one spot and sending it to another, won't that just cause the same probs but in a different spot

Most are blacks spots because of road layout rather than traffic volume....

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I am Pauls nav, but I must admit I end up fighting with him. I think it is a good idea and when we get a car with GPS or get a Tom tom, I would certainly think about investing in AA'S maps.

, damn right

[allieyoung666]

Oy cheeky just because you are illeterate dont start insulting me!

[zoombini]

IMO it's a good thing.

after all they are "safety camera's" and if displaying where safety camera's are & hence displaying where accident black spots are warns drivers to be careful & slow down in that area then the maps in turn help make the road there safer.

Any comments about moving trouble to elsewhere is just a load of bull, if bad driving is going to be elsewhere then it will already be there, showing where a camera is won't make the slightest difference.

If the AA were to show all accident black spots they would have to limit them as there will be too many to put on the map & they will have to determine a level of how bad it is too.
This is simply done by selecting fixed camera sites.

Maybe for the next issue they can also put other known black spots on, but they would have to find official information on them first & camera sites are already known & published.

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by zoombini

Any comments about moving trouble to elsewhere is just a load of bull, if bad driving is going to be elsewhere then it will already be there, showing where a camera is won't make the slightest difference.

I take it that part was in response to my comment

Originally Posted by bopdude

by that token you are taking the traffic away from one spot and sending it to another, won't that just cause the same probs but in a different spot

If so, it was an attempt at being to this comment

Originally Posted by Pierre

If you read this map and plan your route to avoid the cameras, are you not being sensible in avoiding well known and well marked accident blackspots thus reducing you chances of having an accident.

Surely it's in everyones best interests and in the interest of "safety" that the AA publish this map?

So if the traffic were to move, surely the volume of traffic would create more accidents

I for one would not change my route just to avoid a camera, after all, we don't speed, do we */ switches off sarcasim mode

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by bopdude

I for one would not change my route just to avoid a camera, after all, we don't speed, do we */ switches off sarcasim mode

Switches on sarcasm mode..... Good for you.

[SlackDad]

I prefer the idea of average speed cameras that they are using on the Orwell Bridge. They record average speed over a certain distance between point A and B rather than at any particular point. Stops the idiots accelerating then braking in between cameras .

[Paul K]

Maybe instead of complaining about the AA printing camera locations or the actual fact that there are speed cameras in use all over the road networks, maybe it's time to ask the car manufaturers why they produce cars that can go at speeds in excess of 120Mph when the speed limits in most countries are significantly lower. Maybe it's time that manufacturers produced a car that has a top speed of around 80Mph but are cleaner and more fuel efficient

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by Keytops

10% is the allowed tolerance for speedo's - which is speed cams can be set for 34mph in a 30mph zone.

the speedo tolerance is +10% -0%

in other words, if your car is going at 30 but the speedo says 29, it will have to be adjusted. if it says 33 however, this is on the limit of being ok.