M90 scameras Dundee-Aberdeen

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Today among the numerous Gatsos on the M90 there were two speed camera vans northbound and one hand held speed camera southbound.

Are Police Scotland under pressure to raise funds?

Seriously, that seems overkill.

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Driver101 said:

It is always the case on that road and was so before Police Scotland was introduced. It's a road it's just not worth the risk pushing the limits as there is often police tucked away waiting.

The accident record on the A90 is shocking, so I guess they'll always have an argument for extra policing.

Does it really have a shocking accident record?

I'm aware there's at least one scamera van when I drive to/from Aberdeen. Virtually every time.

Seems more like 'easy pickings' to me rather than road safety.

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northnoble said:

Must admit I drive this road 4-5 times a week and have done so for almost 7 years. The standard of driving is poor but acceptable, apart from Monday am and Friday pm when it just becomes Wacky Races.

I would happily see more camera vans and traffic police on Mondays and Fridays.....as that is when most accidents are!

Don't get me wrong.....I have been done twice by camera vans.....both at 81mph (hmmmm, suspicious!) but I think visible presence might help....no, wait a minute, the number of people who slam on the brakes and slow to 60mph when they see a camera van proves it is just stupid people!!! Get rid of them and we are laughing!

So, do what I do, stick the cruise control on and hope you remember that small section where it drops to 50!!!

I drove to Aberdeen on Tuesday morning and there's a right hand bend into the 50 mph limit (where the limit starts and way before the Gatso) and as I turned the bend I noticed a scamera van sitting behind the Gatso obviously catching people as they slow down round that bend approaching the 50 mph zone.

That's just downright sneaky and that sort of behavious is why so few peole have any respect for speed camera vans.

Thankfully, south bound motorists were flashing like Blackpool illuminations to warn others!

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Driver101 said:

There was quite a few on the road today.

Southbound about 1 mile after the 50mph zone the police were hiding in a raised entry to a farmer's field.

You wouldn't be able to see them until it was too late.

Yes - I saw the police there and you're right that they were well-hidden.

I counted four scamera vans when heading northbound this morning and two southbound late afternoon plus those with the handheld plus a marked Volvo estate on thr prowl.

If that's not overkill then I don't know what is.