Roadside “Speed Shaming” Signs
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From BBC Archive’s Twitter feed.
Trailing radar controlled light up signs in 1974:
https://twitter.com/bbcarchive/status/996779689606...
Trailing radar controlled light up signs in 1974:
https://twitter.com/bbcarchive/status/996779689606...
There's one near me in a 'village' (rather a collection of houses on a main road) which was until recently NSL but now has a 40mph limit.
If you're exceeding 40 it displays your speed and 'slow down' but doesn't (so I'm told) display any speed above 60, presumably to prevent people going for the record...
If you're exceeding 40 it displays your speed and 'slow down' but doesn't (so I'm told) display any speed above 60, presumably to prevent people going for the record...
We have Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) in Dorset. I think they work well. There is one near a school thats on a hill. If you are over it has a sad face with your speed and slow down. If you are under its a smile and thank you.
I think these work better than camera signs which seem to be all over the place.
I think these work better than camera signs which seem to be all over the place.
littleredrooster said:
There's several in Warwickshire which trigger the '30 Slow Down' message at a speed of only 27mph. What effing use is that??
I'm not in Warks but I too have noticed that some have really been screwed down to either the posted limit or 3mph below, which would register as being on the limit in most cars.There's loads of them in North Tyneside and Northumberland. The North Tyneside ones are annoying because they display a disapproving orange unhappy face when you're on the limit, but the Northumberland variety display a green happy face if you're at the limit. They seem to work though and as far as I've seen they're actually located where speeding is a danger.
There's one near me going in to a 20 zone and they have placed the SPIDs sign actually in the 30 zone though. If you drive at 30 on the approach you get a sad face straight away from around 100-150 metres away.
Absolutely stupid 20 zone as well that most will quite happily sit at 40 through and there haven't been any collision in the village either, yet they site collisions along the stretch of road to justify the new 20 zone, cocks.
Absolutely stupid 20 zone as well that most will quite happily sit at 40 through and there haven't been any collision in the village either, yet they site collisions along the stretch of road to justify the new 20 zone, cocks.
Yet police forces (at least Police Scotland) say that these types of signs are more effective at reducing speed than the presence of a cop with a laser. But seeing evidence in our village is difficult, as seeing a cop car is a rarity in itself, and cars coming off the dual carriageway into the village progress through the village (where the primary school is on the main road) at well over the 40mph then 30 mph limits. Our solution in the main street is to get people to stagger park there cars on both sides of the roads so that vehicles have to slow down. A previous cop speed check (5 years ago!) recorded one truck st 55mph in the 30 limit and a car at 65mph. We see the difference at weekends when cars are parked on the main street - speeds just dramatically increase to well above 30mph.
We've asked for speed humps etc but since the road is an "A" road, the council it can't be done. We think they're full of bullsh*t and just don't want to spend the money until someone is killed.
We've asked for speed humps etc but since the road is an "A" road, the council it can't be done. We think they're full of bullsh*t and just don't want to spend the money until someone is killed.
LosingGrip said:
We have Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) in Dorset. I think they work well. There is one near a school thats on a hill. If you are over it has a sad face with your speed and slow down. If you are under its a smile and thank you.
I think these work better than camera signs which seem to be all over the place.
Yes and no. They're more useful that camera signs but do induce panic braking.I think these work better than camera signs which seem to be all over the place.
We had these in Western Australia, a huge LED sign showed your speed but oiks would mistake them for speed cameras so they'd panic brake when they saw their speed (these are the kind of oiks who think that the need to "watch the speedo constantly" is a defence for speeding tickets). I've seen a rear-ender caused directly by this.
We've got signs like this around where I live, when a 40 turns into a 30 zone there's a light up "30" sign that only lights up if you're doing more than 30. Its good too because about a mile up there's a speed camera.
captain_cynic said:
Yes and no. They're more useful that camera signs but do induce panic braking.
We had these in Western Australia, a huge LED sign showed your speed but oiks would mistake them for speed cameras so they'd panic brake when they saw their speed (these are the kind of oiks who think that the need to "watch the speedo constantly" is a defence for speeding tickets). I've seen a rear-ender caused directly by this.
Sounds like a case of when 2 idiots collide...We had these in Western Australia, a huge LED sign showed your speed but oiks would mistake them for speed cameras so they'd panic brake when they saw their speed (these are the kind of oiks who think that the need to "watch the speedo constantly" is a defence for speeding tickets). I've seen a rear-ender caused directly by this.
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