Road Angel Database is Useless for mobile cameras
Discussion
The RA has only a very few accident blackspots in it's database.
This is because they don't put them in unless there are 3 or more KSIs (Killed / serious injuries) in the same spot!
The Police don't wait that long to nominate sites for thier mobile cameras. One KSI or a few minors are enough for them.
I'm from Aberdeenshire - anyone out there have a rival device? How does it's warnings compare with the NESCAMP list of blackspots?
Iain
This is because they don't put them in unless there are 3 or more KSIs (Killed / serious injuries) in the same spot!
The Police don't wait that long to nominate sites for thier mobile cameras. One KSI or a few minors are enough for them.
I'm from Aberdeenshire - anyone out there have a rival device? How does it's warnings compare with the NESCAMP list of blackspots?
Iain
You are right, Accident Blackspots and Mobile Safety camera sites are not the same. I know that now, but did not realise it at the time.
From the Nescamp site(North East Safety Camera Partnership(fixed and mobile cameras)):
The location of mobile cameras are determined by rigorous traffic surveys and collision data analysis,
to ensure they are sited only in areas with a history of collisions attributed to excessive or inappropriate speed.
From the Road angel site:
The No.1 safety camera & accident blackspot alert system
The "safety camera" phrase was common to both, so I assumed and presumed RA would have ALL Blackspots and ALL safety cameras including the mobile ones.
OK, so it's marketingspeak, I should have taken it with a pinch of salt.
I'll check out the sites you suggested. Ta.
Iain
From the Nescamp site(North East Safety Camera Partnership(fixed and mobile cameras)):
The location of mobile cameras are determined by rigorous traffic surveys and collision data analysis,
to ensure they are sited only in areas with a history of collisions attributed to excessive or inappropriate speed.
From the Road angel site:
The No.1 safety camera & accident blackspot alert system
The "safety camera" phrase was common to both, so I assumed and presumed RA would have ALL Blackspots and ALL safety cameras including the mobile ones.
OK, so it's marketingspeak, I should have taken it with a pinch of salt.
I'll check out the sites you suggested. Ta.
Iain
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