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03-02-15, 06:03 PM | #21 | ||
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
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I have the same attitude to them as I do to overdraft fees, if you don't like it don't trigger them, If they were really about revenue raising only I'd be ecstatic because it ought to lead the government to remove the points part of the punishment and I could treat it as a tax on enjoyment. Last edited by Spank86; 03-02-15 at 06:06 PM. |
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There's a picture in the article below, but there's quite a few of them on the M25 now, not just the ones mentioned in the story. http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/...ail/story.html Last edited by wyrdness; 03-02-15 at 08:05 PM. |
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Coincidence??? Or am I just wearing a tin hat now?
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Re: Motorway Speed Cameras
As someone has already pointed out, if the main goal was road safety they should use clearly visible average speed cameras. They're a proven technology, and judging by their effect in road works they do work.
The locations of the new cameras will quickly become common knowledge among the people using the affected roads regularly, so they can still drive as badly as before. So it's only people new to the area who are likely to be caught out, either by the camera or the sudden braking of one of the locals. Personally, I think this looks like a cynical revenue raising opportunity, rather than anything vaguely connected with road safety. Just my thoughts, Keith. |
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04-02-15, 11:40 AM | #28 |
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Spank, no need to avoid the A11 any more. It is completely dualled now.
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04-02-15, 12:34 PM | #29 |
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You can still drive badly and extremely dangerously while remaining under the speed limit, you can also drive impeccably and extremely safely while breaking the speed limit. Speed cameras only measure speed, nothing to do with how well you are driving. Hence why it's got nothing to do with safety.
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Perhaps they're testing whether advertised but hidden cameras have the same effect but at less cost. In theory - if you know there's a camera somewhere but you don't know where, you wouldn't break the speed limit.
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