A9 average speed cameras
Discussion
MrsMiggins said:
Vipers said:
Now you have me thinking, from Aberdeen to Glasgow only puts you on the A9 from Broxburn junction until you join the M80. That stretch is dual carriageway, so question is did they erect average speed cameras on this section?.
I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
Yes, there are cameras on the dc from Broxburn to the M80. What do you mean that's not the dangerous bit? Speeding is always evil, dontcha know?I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
JM said:
MrsMiggins said:
Vipers said:
Now you have me thinking, from Aberdeen to Glasgow only puts you on the A9 from Broxburn junction until you join the M80. That stretch is dual carriageway, so question is did they erect average speed cameras on this section?.
I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
Yes, there are cameras on the dc from Broxburn to the M80. What do you mean that's not the dangerous bit? Speeding is always evil, dontcha know?I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
Vipers said:
JM said:
MrsMiggins said:
Vipers said:
Now you have me thinking, from Aberdeen to Glasgow only puts you on the A9 from Broxburn junction until you join the M80. That stretch is dual carriageway, so question is did they erect average speed cameras on this section?.
I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
Yes, there are cameras on the dc from Broxburn to the M80. What do you mean that's not the dangerous bit? Speeding is always evil, dontcha know?I always thought the problem was Perth heading north with all the single carriageway.
simoid said:
Vipers said:
Ann Gloag (Stagecoach) zapped doing 90 on a 60 stretch of the A9.
Five points and fined £400
The magistrate asked her lawyer if she required time to pay. Well she is only worth £500 mill after all.
Was that the ASCs?Five points and fined £400
The magistrate asked her lawyer if she required time to pay. Well she is only worth £500 mill after all.
Can't've been far off a ban at yon...
i traveled the A9 a few time during Oct/Nov, between Elgin and Glasgow
a couple of times before the camera's went live and a few times after
i can remember thinking one day that someone should make an "A9 average speed camera app" for my phone,
one that knew the positions of the cameras and tracked your speed via GPS,
"I could make millions" i thought to myself,
If you get caught behind a lorry going slow for a while, you can overtake it then drive fast until the next camera!
so i started timing myself, resetting my odometer and calculating "a mile a minute" on the 60 mph stretches,
On the way home later that day I realised if i just reset my "ave mph" on my indicator stalk every time i passed a camera, it would do it for me!! DOH!
anyway still managed Elgin to Glasgow in less than 3&1/2 hours, which is not any slower than before, and still a lot less than it took my girlfriend to do the same journey herself a week before the camera's went live!
funnily enough,
one day i was heading south to Kinross and i wanted to pop past dundee for something, so i went via Aberdeen and down the dualler, only to get zapped in dundee by the camera van doing 60 in a 50,, got the notice of intended prosecution a week or so later, just hoping i get the option to do the course! 1st speeding ticket in 20 years and only my second ever!
a couple of times before the camera's went live and a few times after
i can remember thinking one day that someone should make an "A9 average speed camera app" for my phone,
one that knew the positions of the cameras and tracked your speed via GPS,
"I could make millions" i thought to myself,
If you get caught behind a lorry going slow for a while, you can overtake it then drive fast until the next camera!
so i started timing myself, resetting my odometer and calculating "a mile a minute" on the 60 mph stretches,
On the way home later that day I realised if i just reset my "ave mph" on my indicator stalk every time i passed a camera, it would do it for me!! DOH!
anyway still managed Elgin to Glasgow in less than 3&1/2 hours, which is not any slower than before, and still a lot less than it took my girlfriend to do the same journey herself a week before the camera's went live!
funnily enough,
one day i was heading south to Kinross and i wanted to pop past dundee for something, so i went via Aberdeen and down the dualler, only to get zapped in dundee by the camera van doing 60 in a 50,, got the notice of intended prosecution a week or so later, just hoping i get the option to do the course! 1st speeding ticket in 20 years and only my second ever!
I downloaded the PocketGPS Android app (1 free database download) which seems to have the A9 specs on it, so will be trialling it between Perth and Aviemore this weekend.
Hopefully it will help.
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
Hopefully it will help.
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
s2kjock said:
I downloaded the PocketGPS Android app (1 free database download) which seems to have the A9 specs on it, so will be trialling it between Perth and Aviemore this weekend.
Hopefully it will help.
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
Does this app display the average speed between the sections as the app Camera Alert does this too. Very handy Hopefully it will help.
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
s2kjock said:
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
Any more details of this? 
offshorematt2 said:
s2kjock said:
I see that there are a couple of entertaining roads in the Highlands that will shortly have NSL reduced to 50, and if these end up having specs applied (which would only require a couple of sets of cameras as no junctions between the restricted points) that could spell the end of my Evora ownership.
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