Average Speed Cams - are people really this thick?

Average Speed Cams - are people really this thick?

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Jasandjules

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69,825 posts

228 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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Spent a bit of time on DCs with average speed cameras on them these last few days.

The number of people who go flying past me then slam on the brakes when they see the yellow cams.... Do they not understand how this works or what?

Edition87

582 posts

138 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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I dont understand it either.
It took me 2 weeks of arguing with the other half explaining how it works, she now gets it but jesus christ how hard is it to understand?

The A1 roadworks past the metrocenter is down to 30mph in parts, a workmate of mine got a ticket for 39 in the 30, he didnt slow down from the 40mph limit further back up the road, as 'nobody else slows down.. so why would i?' rolleyes

Audidodat

182 posts

98 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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I bet there are loads of people who don't understand it. There are probably loads of people who live out in the sticks who don't realise they even exist. Must admit, I can set a speed limiter on my car and am guilty of playing the 'how far over can I get away with' game. Most of the time I bottle it and set it at 53 or so.

bad company

18,483 posts

265 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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A taxi driver once told me that you could be done by one of these even if you did not exceed the speed limit as they are AVERAGE speed cameras.

Try as Mrs BC and I did we could not get him to understand that it was impossible for an average speed to be any greater than the max speed. We gave up.

NailedOn

3,114 posts

234 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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The level of innumeracy is frighteningly high.
EG:
I buy two £4.99 items on a market stall and the trader gets a calculator out. Looks stunned when I tell him the answer.

I have a relative who is a very senior civil servant. Cannot use a calculator or a spreadsheet.

Joe Public gets to vote but can't add up. nono

Smokehead

7,703 posts

227 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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I really wish the cretins using the Forth Road Bridge would realise that the 40 mph average limit does not mean 28 mph max speed.Turns my commute into a bigger pain than it should be.

StuTheGrouch

5,713 posts

161 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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I've just accepted that I shouldn't ever be surprised at the stupidity of the human race. There are so many retards out there incapable of the simplest things it's amazing that they can get themselves dressed.

Not that I look down on others or anything....

catman

2,490 posts

174 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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Judging by the amount of people on this website who don't know what a dual carriageway is, or what a national speed limit sign means, are you really surprised?

Tim

craigjm

17,907 posts

199 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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Has anyone here, or someone they know, had a ticket from an average speed setup?

covboy

2,573 posts

173 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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craigjm said:
Has anyone here, or someone they know, had a ticket from an average speed setup?
Friend of mine got done when they had average speed cams around the roadworks on the M40 around the A46 junction(to add to his total - he just doesn't learn!!) then to cap it all his son got done for stupid miles per hour through the roadworks on he M6 between J5 & J7 = Like father like son ?

TwigtheWonderkid

43,246 posts

149 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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NailedOn said:
The level of innumeracy is frighteningly high.
EG:
I buy two £4.99 items on a market stall and the trader gets a calculator out. Looks stunned when I tell him the answer.

I have a relative who is a very senior civil servant. Cannot use a calculator or a spreadsheet.

Joe Public gets to vote but can't add up. nono
There are three types of people in the world; those who can count and those who can't.

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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catman said:
Judging by the amount of people on this website who don't know what a dual carriageway is, or what a national speed limit sign means, are you really surprised?

Tim
Number - unless you're proposing that we mince them up and weigh them ? wink

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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NailedOn said:
The level of innumeracy is frighteningly high.
EG:
I buy two £4.99 items on a market stall and the trader gets a calculator out. Looks stunned when I tell him the answer.

I have a relative who is a very senior civil servant. Cannot use a calculator or a spreadsheet.

Joe Public gets to vote but can't add up. nono
Market Trader is pretty dim, Senior Civil Servant has minions to do the actual work for him, haven't you seen Yes, Minister?

Shop assistants and bar staff who can't add a couple of things up and have to use the till get my goat...you'd think the lazy youth of today would realise that learning to add up 3 drinks would save them walking back and forth EVERY TIME they took an order, but no...

Riley Blue

20,912 posts

225 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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Drivers braking at average speed cameras is nothing to do with numeracy and everything to do with vocabulary, i.e. not understanding the word 'average'.

duckwhistle

276 posts

150 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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Local shop, assorted chav fluids, 99p a can, or four pack for £4.99. Chav 1 says 'must be more innit' chav2 shakes pack & nods . I say 'check the volume',trying to be helpful. Chav 1 holds the pack to his ear. These drive cars & breed.

All that jazz

7,632 posts

145 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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duckwhistle said:
Local shop, assorted chav fluids, 99p a can, or four pack for £4.99. Chav 1 says 'must be more innit' chav2 shakes pack & nods . I say 'check the volume',trying to be helpful. Chav 1 holds the pack to his ear. These drive cars & breed.
laugh

Super Slo Mo

5,368 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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All that jazz said:
duckwhistle said:
Local shop, assorted chav fluids, 99p a can, or four pack for £4.99. Chav 1 says 'must be more innit' chav2 shakes pack & nods . I say 'check the volume',trying to be helpful. Chav 1 holds the pack to his ear. These drive cars & breed.
laugh
maybe it was them making the joke smile

uknick

879 posts

183 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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This may be a blindingly obvious question, but can someone tell me which cameras are actually used to calculate the average?

For example, the M3 road works between Junction 2 and 4. Is it the cameras at the start and end of the journey, i.e. slip road to slip road, or is it any two cameras covering the road works?


marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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uknick said:
This may be a blindingly obvious question, but can someone tell me which cameras are actually used to calculate the average?

For example, the M3 road works between Junction 2 and 4. Is it the cameras at the start and end of the journey, i.e. slip road to slip road, or is it any two cameras covering the road works?
They work in pairs covering a zone (1 entry, 1 exit), but only the people who set up the system know which sets are paired. It could, therefore, be any two cameras.

JacquesMesrine

329 posts

133 months

Saturday 6th February 2016
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marshalla said:
uknick said:
This may be a blindingly obvious question, but can someone tell me which cameras are actually used to calculate the average?

For example, the M3 road works between Junction 2 and 4. Is it the cameras at the start and end of the journey, i.e. slip road to slip road, or is it any two cameras covering the road works?
They work in pairs covering a zone (1 entry, 1 exit), but only the people who set up the system know which sets are paired. It could, therefore, be any two cameras.
There is a clue though with roadwork cameras and this has been discussed here before. The active cameras have floodlights just in front of them. I know we're now going tog et a great big discussion about infra red, but that doesn't tafter the fact the active cameras have those floodlights.