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Scotland to Get 135 Miles of Average Speed Cameras
Article by: maft
Date: 28 Jul 2013
The Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced that average speed cameras will be placed along the A9 for a 135 mile stretch between Dunblane and Inverness.
The current safety issues are, by all accounts, caused by cars trying to pass trucks on the mostly single carriageway road and there are fears that the 40mph limit imposed on trucks, and to be enforced by these cameras, will cause more accidents as drivers try to get past the slower vehicles. There are, however, proposals to make the A9 a dual carriageway from Perth up to Inverness with a view to improving safety.
But, as we see all too often, speed cameras are seen as a 'quick fix' to poor road design and the first average speed cameras will be in place from early 2014 and the whole stretch should be fully operational from summer next year.
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 Posted by MaFt on Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:15 pm |
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Thanks to @dorsetwurzel on The Twitter and forum user Quinny1 for the tip-off for this.
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| Posted by Quinny1 on Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:54 pm |
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More accidents will result in these cameras, as has been posted, HGV's are limited to 40mph on single carriageways, and car drivers will be chomping at the bit to get past an HGV adhering to the law for fear of getting points on their licence.
Cameras saving lives?
Don't think so.
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| Posted by MaFt on Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:16 pm |
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I think it's silly that they admit that dual-carriageway is needed to make it safe yet they still insist on putting cameras up to make it safe... when they just admitted that that isn't what's needed!
MaFt
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| Posted by M8TJT on Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:34 pm |
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But cameras are quite a bit cheaper. Apart from that, it is easier to pass a truck doing 40 than a truck doing 56, so if the cams can limit the truck speed, it should be easier and safer to pass them.
Discuss
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| Posted by rf065 on Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:39 am |
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The traffic on the A9 up to Inverness has become a whole lot worse over the last few years as the big supermarket chains opened up stores in the area when before there were no large supermarkets.
Travel up the A9 now and all you see are Tesco arctics etc, this road would be a lot safer if all the supermarket freight was sent by railway, the road was never meant for convoys of arctics. Although taking them out of the equation still leaves the summer tourist traffic with convoys of overladen cars and caravans clogging the road. It really should have been upgraded to a M/Way years ago.
Russ
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| Posted by worried on Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:06 am |
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Are they going to use ANPR to determine what speed the trucks can drive at?
the do gooders will object to that just as they have done down south, its against the speeding truck drivers civil liberties to check his vehicle
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| Posted by MaFt on Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:21 am |
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| worried Wrote: | Are they going to use ANPR to determine what speed the trucks can drive at?
the do gooders will object to that just as they have done down south, its against the speeding truck drivers civil liberties to check his vehicle |
I can't see how it is any different to a copper phoning up HQ with a registration to check the vehicle's details - how in any way is that a breach of civil liberties?!
Next you'll be saying that checking for a valid tax disc is a breach of civil liberties... 
MaFt
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| Posted by Quinny1 on Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:40 pm |
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| rf065 Wrote: |
Travel up the A9 now and all you see are Tesco arctics etc, this road would be a lot safer if all the supermarket freight was sent by railway, the road was never meant for convoys of arctics.
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And how would it get to the supermarket? By carrier pigeon?
In case you've been asleep for the last so many years, a lot of the goods to Tesco/Asda in Scotland, come from Crick in Northamptonshire (DIRFT.) by rail to a rail heads in Mossend, Grangemouth and Inverness, but they still have to reach their final destination by road. There is no other way.
Artics are still cheaper. Unless you want four 7.5 tonners for everyone artic at 44t, delivering to the stores instead? That way we can increase traffic 4 fold. Great idea.
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| Posted by rf065 on Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:40 pm |
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| Quinny1 Wrote: | And how would it get to the supermarket? By carrier pigeon?
In case you've been asleep for the last so many years, a lot of the goods to Tesco/Asda in Scotland, come from Crick in Northamptonshire (DIRFT.) by rail to a rail heads in Mossend, Grangemouth and Inverness, but they still have to reach their final destination by road. There is no other way.
Artics are still cheaper. Unless you want four 7.5 tonners for everyone artic at 44t, delivering to the stores instead? That way we can increase traffic 4 fold. Great idea. |
You sound like a rude little man, but thanks anyway.
Russ
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| Posted by Quinny1 on Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:22 pm |
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Not rude, just pointing out what most people who shout about the dirty, smelly, slow lorries, don't seem to realise, which is the obvious.
No trucks = no food in supermarkets. Simples.
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