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18-08-10, 08:22 PM | #21 |
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19-08-10, 04:58 AM | #23 |
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One thing that this thread has shown is that speed cameras are an emotive issue that upsets people even among the motorcycle crowd who you'd think would despise cameras.
The Limehouse docklands tunnel is I think the best example of the lunacy of the speed cameras policy in this country. Why is a tunnel where no pedestrians have access, limited to 30 mph, there are 3 cameras, start, middle (which is the one that seems to flash at 30.5 mph) and the end in a 1.1 mile tunnel. 2 Weeks ago I spent 2 days riding around Paris where the average speed even through their tunnels, never drops below 60mph. Even the 1.6K tunnel that goes under the business district, which left me gagging a bit as it was so unexpectedly long. At one point I was at the end of a 10 bike chain filtering through peak rush hour traffic again at 60mph. OK this probably isn't a good example as all it shows really is that Parisian riders are crazy. There were still a few cameras in sections where for safety reasons you need to limit your speed, mainly less shallow bends in the road. Somehow during the last 13 years we have turned into an apathetic nanny state. |
19-08-10, 07:04 AM | #24 |
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No it doesn't. I just shows that you are obsessed, yet fail to understand how the process works or why they are there to begin with.
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19-08-10, 08:11 AM | #25 | |
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Also the tunnel is under the Limehouse Basin maybe they don't want it to leak? Why is the Rotherhide tunnel only 20mph speed limit, cause its tight as sardines in there!
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19-08-10, 09:43 AM | #26 |
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Re: Speed Cameras - switch off date vs prosecution chase end date ?
There have been some very nasty accidents in the Limehouse link, one involving a bunch of lads in a BMW who lost control of the car just before they entered. Half the car went down one bore and the other half down the other........
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19-08-10, 10:13 AM | #27 |
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I think another reason is to pulse the traffic stream for the 7-9 am slot as its a major bottleneck for people travelling into the city. But then for the rest of the day it can seem excessive.
As a bike braking to come down to 40mph on a dual carriageway this has always been a big safety concern (especially at night) that some cager behind you who hasn't been paying attention, wipes you out over what is just a civil offence. There are a couple of these on the A12 around the corner from the new 2012 Olympic site. |
19-08-10, 10:33 AM | #28 |
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Don't take your chances - there was an article in the Independent last week about the Oxford speed cameras. Although they announced they would be turned off, they left film in them so they could observe what happened to average speeds as a natural experiment.
A camera outside a primary school saw the average speed go from 30mph to 40mph, going from a speed that'll hurt a child to one that'll kill a child more often than not. Given most drivers are idiots unable to judge when breaking the speed limit is appropriate (while I speed, I'd never do it around a school), I think we'll see this funding decision reversed once some high profile child fatalities occur. |
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