Home made speed camera seen on NSL dual carriageway

[dnb]

On a section of NSL dual carriageway near a sliproad.
It looked quite realistic from a distance, although once close up, it was clearly cardboard.

I dislike the idea of idiots to taking the law into their own hands (however well intentioned they think they are) since they are likely to cause more harm than good. Especially when idiots brake hard from 70 to 30 because they can't read the NSL road signs they've just driven past.

I doubt the police will be that interested (but I hope to be surprised) even though I have a good idea of who the idiot is.

I presume that putting up your own road signs etc is an unlawful act? Can someone confirm/deny this please. And if so, what's the punishment?

[DAVEVO9]

dnb said:

On a section of NSL dual carriageway near a sliproad.
It looked quite realistic from a distance, although once close up, it was clearly cardboard.

I dislike the idea of idiots to taking the law into their own hands (however well intentioned they think they are) since they are likely to cause more harm than good. Especially when idiots brake hard from 70 to 30 because they can't read the NSL road signs they've just driven past.

I doubt the police will be that interested (but I hope to be surprised) even though I have a good idea of who the idiot is.

I presume that putting up your own road signs etc is an unlawful act? Can someone confirm/deny this please. And if so, what's the punishment?

Where is it? I will go and destroy it if it's not too far from me.

[Jasandjules]

I'd say involve the police, BUT I suspect they'd go out and give a medal rather than arrest him for doing it.

[JustinP1]

DAVEVO9 said:

dnb said:

On a section of NSL dual carriageway near a sliproad.
It looked quite realistic from a distance, although once close up, it was clearly cardboard.

I dislike the idea of idiots to taking the law into their own hands (however well intentioned they think they are) since they are likely to cause more harm than good. Especially when idiots brake hard from 70 to 30 because they can't read the NSL road signs they've just driven past.

I doubt the police will be that interested (but I hope to be surprised) even though I have a good idea of who the idiot is.

I presume that putting up your own road signs etc is an unlawful act? Can someone confirm/deny this please. And if so, what's the punishment?

Where is it? I will go and destroy it if it's not too far from me.

Good man.

A lot more effective than complaining methinks.

[DAVEVO9]

Lets hope the OP tells us the location as someone else might like to topple it if it's near them

[Dogwatch]

Highway authority (County Council or HA) might be more interested than the police. They like to think they are in charge of roadside clutter and don't like competition.

[dnb]

It's on the Isle of Wight. And in the centre reservation, so was difficult to stop there in rush hour...

[Guybrush]

Now you know it's not real (and made of squash cardboard), it would be quite tempting to drive over it.

[bi9_jk]

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and send us the pictures

[Blue Tomcat]

http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17130 

The above is a clicky linky to a thread on SafeSpeed about some soppy bloody do-gooders in Henley who have put up 30 mph repeaters on lamp posts where repeaters are not necessary, thereby rendering any prosecution on the stretch of road useless owing to the presence of illegal street furniture. The whole thing boils down to planning permission and trespass, but the thread is completely ruined by the presence of a pair of utter bastard trolls whose interference ended up getting the thread locked away due to some rather pointed postings from members (myself among them) who lost the plot and wanted this brace of winkers to p!ss off back to whichever car-hater forum they had oozed in from.

Basically, the placing of private signage or erections (sic!) on Her Majesty's Public Highway requires planning permission from the local council and the Highways Agency; illegal placing of either resulting in the confiscation/destruction of said properties and the possibility of a £5000 fine and/or 3 months porridge.

So there..!

[TVR 3X]

dnb said:

Isle of Wight ... in rush hour...

You've got to be joking!

[biglepton]

dnb said:

It's on the Isle of Wight. And in the centre reservation, so was difficult to stop there in rush hour...

I wondered if that was the one you are on about! It's not the first time a very unrealistic cardboard Gatso has been put up there, coppers took down the last one. Just to clarify for those unfamiliar with the IOW, the road in question is the only dual carriageway on the whole Island and is about 500yds long. . . . .

Call the coppers - they will pull it down immediately and they know who the idiot is who puts it up. The funny thing is, on that short piece of road with traffic lights at one end and a roundabout at the other, you've really got to try quite hard in most cars to exceed the speed limit before you run out of road!

[biglepton]

TVR 3X said:

dnb said:

Isle of Wight ... in rush hour...

You've got to be joking!

The locals consider a queue of more than five cars complete gridlock and the thought of driving from one side of the island to the other (10 miles) fills most true Caulkheads with visions of circumnavigating the world. . .