Arsonists destroy Speed camera.
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Arsonists destroy speed camera
Police have condemned arsonists who put a speed camera on one of Northamptonshire's most hazardous roads out of action.
The device at Thorpe Waterville on the A605 was severely damaged.
Police said 29 people have been killed or seriously injured on the stretch between Thrapston and Oundle in the last three years.
A speed camera at Thrapston was destroyed by a bomb in February this year.
The blast sent shards of metal flying more than 50 feet.
Anyone with information is asked to call Northamptonshire Police
Another one bites the dust...Way hay!
NEXT!!!!!!!!
>>> Edited by deltaf on Tuesday 1st April 17:50
Police have condemned arsonists who put a speed camera on one of Northamptonshire's most hazardous roads out of action.
The device at Thorpe Waterville on the A605 was severely damaged.
Police said 29 people have been killed or seriously injured on the stretch between Thrapston and Oundle in the last three years.
A speed camera at Thrapston was destroyed by a bomb in February this year.
The blast sent shards of metal flying more than 50 feet.
Anyone with information is asked to call Northamptonshire Police
Another one bites the dust...Way hay!
NEXT!!!!!!!!
>>> Edited by deltaf on Tuesday 1st April 17:50
At the risk of being alienated and burned. I would say that this camera might have served a purpose if it was on a dangerous road.
Until (like it's ever going to happen) legislation occurs to seriously improve driver awareness and training, cameras in certain accident blackspots have a role to play.
I am unable to comment further as I don't know the road or details on the camera, eg: grey/yellow, or hidden/obvious.
I, like most here, object to obvious revenue generators, but am more than happy for painted cameras to persuade drivers to slow down through a blackspot until (again probably won't happen) re-engineering can occur.
:InowdonmyflameproofunderwearandhopeIdon'tgetburnedtoobadly:
Until (like it's ever going to happen) legislation occurs to seriously improve driver awareness and training, cameras in certain accident blackspots have a role to play.
I am unable to comment further as I don't know the road or details on the camera, eg: grey/yellow, or hidden/obvious.
I, like most here, object to obvious revenue generators, but am more than happy for painted cameras to persuade drivers to slow down through a blackspot until (again probably won't happen) re-engineering can occur.
:InowdonmyflameproofunderwearandhopeIdon'tgetburnedtoobadly:
noooooooooo.. see my comments in the other thread - every last one must come down or be destroyed.
They are a tool of opression and nothing more. Anyone to who says "well yes but some of them might save lives" - I say bollocks - you've been sucked in by the bubble-wrap spin department. You'll be thinking of the damned children next
They are a tool of opression and nothing more. Anyone to who says "well yes but some of them might save lives" - I say bollocks - you've been sucked in by the bubble-wrap spin department. You'll be thinking of the damned children next
See the other thread - but I have to agree that the "spin" that surrounds this one is amazing. All sorts of figures have been quoted on the radio today about the deaths on that piece of road - but it's not just flasher that has said that at the actual location its sited is nothing but a straight road.
To me, assuming this is the case, and that *particular* spot hasn't had accidents, then this sort of direct action I fully support. There is absolutly no reason a camera should be in any place that doesn't have a significant case of inappropiate speed leading to a satistically proven problem.
The thread I started about the A5 one is an interesting point - from the visual evidence you can see that the junction that it is situated just before is dangerous (the picture I took showed all of the cars on the A5 going over the junction having their brake lights on as there were cars waiting to join and cross over their flow). In that case, an appropiate change from 60 to 50mph seems sensible, and given that there was plenty of warnings I can only assume that a large number of people did not want to follow that 50 notice. Given that I might have had to be one of those people crossing over the traffic at dusk with low visibility, I would be glad for something ensuring that the traffic slowed down.
*But* - if that junction hadn't been there I would have no issues with what was done to it - as a 50 mph limit with enforcement for that streach of road without a major cross over junction would just be plain stupid.
CarZee - I'm a bit more moderate than you (and actually if I was one of the people turning right across that streaming A5 traffic I would be greatful for the traffic being regulated at 50mph if the sun was against my eyes, there was mist or similar - it gives you a 6 meter bigger gap to get across if you miss judged things) - but the principle that the majority (yes - majority) of cameras are there to extract revenue is one that is proven in my mind.
J
To me, assuming this is the case, and that *particular* spot hasn't had accidents, then this sort of direct action I fully support. There is absolutly no reason a camera should be in any place that doesn't have a significant case of inappropiate speed leading to a satistically proven problem.
The thread I started about the A5 one is an interesting point - from the visual evidence you can see that the junction that it is situated just before is dangerous (the picture I took showed all of the cars on the A5 going over the junction having their brake lights on as there were cars waiting to join and cross over their flow). In that case, an appropiate change from 60 to 50mph seems sensible, and given that there was plenty of warnings I can only assume that a large number of people did not want to follow that 50 notice. Given that I might have had to be one of those people crossing over the traffic at dusk with low visibility, I would be glad for something ensuring that the traffic slowed down.
*But* - if that junction hadn't been there I would have no issues with what was done to it - as a 50 mph limit with enforcement for that streach of road without a major cross over junction would just be plain stupid.
CarZee - I'm a bit more moderate than you (and actually if I was one of the people turning right across that streaming A5 traffic I would be greatful for the traffic being regulated at 50mph if the sun was against my eyes, there was mist or similar - it gives you a 6 meter bigger gap to get across if you miss judged things) - but the principle that the majority (yes - majority) of cameras are there to extract revenue is one that is proven in my mind.
J
CarZee said:Not much of a boast, dear chap - it puts you to the left of Hitler but still to the right of Franco.
joust said: CarZee - I'm a bit more moderate than you
Between those two? God, you might have ended up in a threesome with Eva Braun and Clara Petacci. Oh, hold on - the bikini wax issue is on another thread
Edited to say not that Clara Petacci was doing Franco was she. That was Mussolini
>> Edited by donatien on Tuesday 1st April 20:08
mannginger said: At the risk of being alienated and burned. I would say that this camera might have served a purpose if it was on a dangerous road.
nope! i also know this camera reasonably well, the road isn't dangerous... unfortuantly it doesn't stop numpties crashing!!!
its one of those roads where you can spend all day travelling at 90mph, but in doing so, all you see are flowers at the side of the road and it leaves you wondering "how did someone crash here...?"
littlegearl said:
its one of those roads where you can spend all day travelling at 90mph, but in doing so, all you see are flowers at the side of the road and it leaves you wondering "how did someone crash here...?"
There a few roads like that in Notts. The ones that have a sign saying xx deaths on this road. Its a bit morbid when you drive past the same sign a few months later and the number has increased by a few digits.....
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