Camera scrapped to cut tailbacks - Page 2 - SV650.org

timwilky · 15-12-06, 12:57 PM

reminds me of my local council, who discovered traffic flowed better when a power fault disabled a set of traffic lights and pubicised they would remove them in order to maintain flow and never did.

The same council who removed a lane of the main drag into town to plant flower beds. The reason being it would cut congestion in town if traffic could not get there.

The same council who having been bribed into allowing planning permission by requiring the builders to install a set of roads then had traffic lights put on a major roundabout. You now wait for 3 minutes at 3am on a sunday morning not seeing a car on the roundabout before you can enter. Strange we used to be able to safely use the roundabout before the lights.

15-12-06, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ping

Even the mobile speed traps could do with taking notes...

The amount of tailbacks that would occur on the A13 just because they'd stuck a van under one of the overpasses was ridiculous. My journey on the bike would become infinitely more dangerous when traffic backed up in unexpected places. Cagers do more sudden and stupid things.

Ping! I'm hurt

I have never intentionally tried to knock you off :P

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15-12-06, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mogs

Its very congested at that part of the motorway, with lots of junctions, tight bends for a motorway, so the slower speed is probably justified.......

It's also in an elevated location with 4ft high concrete walls to stop people falling off. Oh, and it gets a tad windy there at time, too.

Add to this uphill, blind on-slips and yes, 50mph is well justified.

I share mogs' cinicism about the removal though.

Skip · 15-12-06, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BBC News Website

Port Tablot

I guess a lot of people must smoke there?

16-12-06, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Baph

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Originally Posted by Stu

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It will be replaced by electronic signs displaying the speed of each vehicle, but not recording their details.

I love those - used to have them in Barbados (try to get the high score!)

No point going for the high score if they don't record, where's the glory in that?

No point round my way. They don't show the speed if you go over double the limit.

16-12-06, 09:57 PM

yeah, gets VERY busy along there during rush hour.. I stupidley decided to take the long way home from a visit to Thunder road one day, and went via Swansea... have to go past all that first... bloody nightmare...

15-12-06, 12:57 PM	#11
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	reminds me of my local council, who discovered traffic flowed better when a power fault disabled a set of traffic lights and pubicised they would remove them in order to maintain flow and never did. The same council who removed a lane of the main drag into town to plant flower beds. The reason being it would cut congestion in town if traffic could not get there. The same council who having been bribed into allowing planning permission by requiring the builders to install a set of roads then had traffic lights put on a major roundabout. You now wait for 3 minutes at 3am on a sunday morning not seeing a car on the roundabout before you can enter. Strange we used to be able to safely use the roundabout before the lights. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

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16-12-06, 09:57 PM	#16
valleyboy Guest Posts: n/a	yeah, gets VERY busy along there during rush hour.. I stupidley decided to take the long way home from a visit to Thunder road one day, and went via Swansea... have to go past all that first... bloody nightmare...