Most active speed cameras top ten

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Most Active Speed Camera Locations - 2018

1. Avon and Somerset, M32, Severn Beach rail line overbridge to end of M32 southbound, 22,350 total recorded offence
2. Avon and Somerset, M4, J20-19 Eastbound, 7,483
3. North Wales Police, A55 Abergele (Westbound), Conwy, 6,981
4. Avon and Somerset, Lansdown Ln, nr jct Eastfield Ave, Bath, 5,896
5. Kent Police, A282 Dartford Tunnel Approach, East/West Tunnel, 4,936
6. Avon and Somerset, M5, J17-16 Northbound, 4,710
7. Bedfordshire Police, M1 Motorway, 4,675
8. Police Scotland, A90 Average Speed from Dundee to Stonehaven, 4,417
9. Kent Police, M20 Coast/Londonbound Junctions 4-7, 4,247
10. Merseyside Police, M62 (Westbound), 4,243

Anyone know the speed limits at these locations?
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1032156/...
Or the collision rates?

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First one is 40mph
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=c133585b7eaa...

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/40...

36 points for being caught 12 times
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m3...
Cant they treat it as one offence?

comment said:

Obviously this is just persecution. There is no reason for the limit to be so low and clearly it has not been signposted adequately. That seems to be the M.O now. Set an absurdly low limit to catch as many out as possible. Speeding fines have now become just an extraneous form of taxation, nothing whatsoever to do with road safety.

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Pica-Pica said:

Knowing the previous history, and the current set up, that is a fair and justified limit, with adequate warning. The 50 mph countdowns.

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Surprised there isnt a 50 sign on the Armco and roundels on the road - youd miss it with a truck there

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Saleen836 said:

No.4 Landown Lane, Bath is a 20mph limit
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4016596,-2.3958036...

How would you know it's a 20? Or is it enforced as a 30
Clever siting of the camera and that lampost

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juice said:

It's by a school, and of course there's this.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/22/tw...
Seems appropriate to me

How come?
You don't install a speed limit below standard just due to some idiot having an accident unrelated to the limit

Has PH forgotten the rules for setting speed limits?

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juice said:

saaby93 said:

How come?
You don't install a speed limit below standard just due to some idiot having an accident unrelated to the limit

Has PH forgotten the rules for setting speed limits?

You missed the bit about it being right by a school ?

Nope covered it with - has PH forgotten the rules for setting speed limits
If it needs it, you can have a 20 limit at school opening closing times
For an all day 20 it'll be a street whose use is primarily residential
That looks like a road that's a route primarily into and out of town .

The number of people being caught by the speed camera is a clue whether they have it right

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juice said:

Do you live locally to the area ?

I do and I completely understand why it's a 20. Its a residential area, with a road that people use to cut out going through Bath, they use it to go through Lansdown and thence, onto the M4. Coming down that hill, you're already into a built up area, with a roundabout at the bottom.
I'm not sure why you're arguing it should be more than a 20 tbh unless you're being deliberately contrarian.

I'm all for speed, I live in the Mendips and frequently go out for a hoon, but I'm fully aware of where is safe, and where is not to speed and Lansdown/Weston isn't the place for it.

No dont live there but thats the point - you should be able to be able to be dropped in by helicopter and the speed limit should be right for the road.
It's not about it being a residential area but whether the primary use of the traffic is residential and the type of road

You wont find a speed camera on roads where they have it right

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alfie2244 said:

Pica-Pica said:

Do they not do an Awareness Course for helping you identify who is and who is not your wife, then?

Sorry but is that a joke of some kind?

There's a whole other thread about where people don't know who was driving it's easiest for one of them to fez up than admit they dont know