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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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BigPerk wrote: | But if they can't remedy the situation then surely they HAVE been driving dangerously? |
No... just faster than the authority's arbitrarily-decided speed limit. |
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BigPerk Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: East Hertfordshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Well, in my book, if someone arbitrarily decides that speed limits are arbitrary and can be ignored, then they ARE dangerous! _________________ David
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:03 am Post subject: |
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That's not quite what I said....
You'd be mad to ignore them, but I maintain a lot of them are set arbitrarily with no real consideration of the road conditions or safety factors in mind.
I'm sure we can all think of plenty of examples..... |
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BigPerk Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: East Hertfordshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:46 am Post subject: |
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You are right of course Andy_P, but the difficulty lies in deciding which ones might be arbitrary, and which ones really have a genuine purpose, unless you are driving through familiar territory.
But that purpose might not be just road conditions or safety. For example, I'm sure environmental considerations will sometimes weigh as well in the LA's decision, such as local community disruption, pollution, greenhouse emissions, fuel usage, all of which are likely to be worse at higher speeds.
Naturally I wouldn't dream of suggesting that another purpose might be, in a few cases, to assist in revenue gathering, with suitably placed cameras . _________________ David
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AndyTims Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 22, 2005 Posts: 12
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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AndyTims wrote: | So can anyone confirm what type the recently installed gantry camera's between the M3 & Jct 14 are please? |
Anyone? _________________ Andy |
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GerryC Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 1513 Location: West Mids
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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AndyTims wrote: | AndyTims wrote: | So can anyone confirm what type the recently installed gantry camera's between the M3 & Jct 14 are please? | Anyone? |
Just answered in your new thread. Typical problem of a question appearing at the end of a page. _________________ Gerry
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