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sabresix Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:29 am Post subject: |
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http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h191/sabrefour/28042009262-1.jpg
MOBILE:40216@40, Heading:337, Single Direction also known as camera 181.
Just after end of 60 dual carriageway. My cruise control was still slowing the car down when I was nabbed. Positioned for max revenue if you ask me. How was I to know you have to slam on the brakes to stay legal. |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | How was I to know you have to slam on the brakes to stay legal. |
You should be doing 40 by the time you hit the 40 mph signs not some distance after, so there should be no need to "slam on the brakes to stay legal." |
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g4nvb Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 12, 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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A421 Tingwick By-Pass Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.
Grid Reference
OS X (Eastings) 465187
OS Y (Northings) 232804
Nearest Post Code MK18 4PF
Lat (WGS84) N51:59:24 (51.989872)
Long (WGS84) W1:03:08 (-1.052094)
465187,232804
There was a fatality at this location; the Camera Van is often seen parked on the Triangular Island blocking the view to the right of any traffic joining the A421 from the Barton Hartshorn direction. How can that be part of any Road Safety Scheme?
David |
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TimInstone Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gatso 423@50
N 51.6276
E 0.25344
A1 (Barnet Way) Northbound.
This is a generously wide, straight dual carriageway. The offender is sited about 30m before the speed de-restriction sign (itself located further down the road than is necessary for any obviously practical reason).
The camera can have nothing whatsoever to do with safety and everything to do with amassing revenue from people who can see no reason to drive slowly. |
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BigPerk Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: East Hertfordshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Wholeheartedly agree with TimInstone - always thought what a con this one was. A similar one is on the A414 stretch in Herts from Harlow towards the A10. I think it's here:
Lat 51.78524538795532
Lon 0.04808664321899414
This camera is situated just PAST an entry/exit to a conference centre (if at a distance BEFORE, I could at least understand it) and just after the derestriction signs come into view, with no buildings/turnings of any kind in the remaining stretch of 50-restricted road. _________________ David
(Navigon 70 Live, Nuvi 360) |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Keep 'em coming _________________ Darren Griffin |
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notinwork Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject: M62 Liverpool End, Express way Runcorn |
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1, Liverpool
The Gatso Speed Camera at the Liverpool end of the M62.
M62 is 70mpg heading into liverpool then reduces to 50 at it becomes edge lane.
The camera is just after it becomes 50.
2, Runcorn
Its Mobile Camera and is parked on the A557 Runcorn express way heading away from Runcorn Bridge to the M56. The dual Carriage way is 40mph then opens up to dual carriage way national speed limit just after the mobile speed camera which is parked at the turning for Astmoor indutrial estate. The gun points at a brow of a hill as people build up to the national speed limit after being stuck in a que for the Bridge for 40 minutes during rush hour.....
......Are they having a laugh, what accident reduction...cheshire police £ ! |
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jonrome Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 24
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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How about the one at the southern end of the M11 which I believe is one of the most lucrative in the country. Weekday mornings the traffic moves at a few miles an hour & in the early hours of the morning there is virtually no traffic at all & yet the speed limit is 50 mph. This on a motorway that was designed for 70mph when road surfaces & brakes were not as advanced as today. At night the flash can be seen on the opposite carriageway & personally, I have felt my heart start to race when this happened on a day when a terrorist bomb had exploded
(some years ago). A good job I didnt have a heart attack & cause an accident, no one would have known the camera was responsible. |
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DarrenR21373 Lifetime Member
Joined: Sep 03, 2008 Posts: 33 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'd vote for either of the 2 mobiles that seem to have sprung up recently on the A32 between Fareham and Alton (they've probably just made it into the PGPSW database).
I've used that route three times in the last 2 weeks coming back from Waterlooville (to avoid traffic in Waterlooville/roadworks in Bordon) and on 2 of those occasions have seen speed traps.
The first time was on the first long 60MPH overtaking straight on the way to Farringdon and the second time on the OTHER long 60MPH overtaking straight (just slightly after the first).
Why are these cameras not located in any of the villages which have recently had their speed limits reduced? Can you say "Revenue Raising Exercise"? _________________ Drive carefully; the Government needs all the Taxpayers it can get. |
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Bazjaco Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: MOBILE 17140@40 |
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SHC wrote: | MOBILE:17140@40
This camera is a money generator, it's the one Hull City's chairman was recently caught at. It's at the bottom of a long sweeping downhill dual carriage-way flyover, with a slip road at the bottom coming in from your left. The van is parked up just around the bend 200 yards before the road become 70mph from 40mph.
If you ran a competion to design a road for the perfect speed trap, you could not do better than this. This road has had several accidents - on the other side going east! |
This particular camera is a positive Safety Hazard. Any professional safety assessment would outlaw it. Three lanes of traffic feed into two with the Camera just visible as you start to hit the downhill section. Traffic on the two lane section are looking to see whether there is a Camera there or not and those on the slip road are simply trying to filter in. Whoever chose this location does not care for Safety, simply revenue. |
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Daggers Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 1096 Location: Solihull, UK
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Gatsos 31982 & 41070 on the A4540 in the centre of Birmingham - on the same side of the dual carriageway, just 100 metres apart. _________________ Garmin DriveSmart 50 LMT-D |
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edessad Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 07, 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Centre Latitude: 52.61576488483039 Longitude: -0.1860809326171875
The A1073 in Eye Green near Peterborough. Definate attempt at making money. Two 30mph speed cameras 100 metres apart each clocking traffic in both directions. _________________ I've got nothing to do and all day to do it...
...and I'm doing it with my Garmin 865T |
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Crocodile Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 196
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Not a specific camera but a tactic I've seen employed on several occasions.
Roadworks on dual carriageway.
Speed limit reduced to 50 or even 40 with temporary cameras to enforce.
At the end of the stretch of cones the reduced speed limit is continued for another 200 yards, for no obvious reason except - there's a camera stationed just before the original limit kicks back in. |
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TheDodger Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject: TRUVELO5491@30 |
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30 mph on a wide dual carrigeway fed by 50 mph bypass and 40 mph link from A672M, both wide dual carrigeways, they look the same!
Leads to local hospital with A&E.
Highest earning 'safety camera' in Manchester |
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pcaouolte Frequent Visitor
Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 998 Location: South Lincs, UK.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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edessad wrote: | The A1073 in Eye Green near Peterborough. Definate attempt at making money. Two 30mph speed cameras 100 metres apart each clocking traffic in both directions. |
Very visible cameras, clearly sign posted at 30mph, on a very busy road, in a built up area. The cameras are located a good distance after the speed limit signs. What's the problem? _________________ Paul |
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