Avon and Somerset Police using redlight camera for speeding
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surveyor_101 said:
Ok well there is a 40 mph speed camera on the toneway but the standard 30 sign just before the camera shows no speed camera so have the complied with signage rules for it to be used as a speed cam
There are no rules about signage for speed cameras.There is a rule about speeding though...
I believe the camera is a 'Redspeed Digital Red Light & Speed Camera'
http://www.akptrading.com/RedSpeedDigitalRedLightS...
http://www.akptrading.com/RedSpeedDigitalRedLightS...
rewc said:
It can be combined with a red light camera to enforce speed on the green phase. there was a very famous one near to me which generated a huge amount of revenue. The green light bit was eventually set to a huge amount over the speed limit as even the Police and Council were embarrassed.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8838954.Holes_Bay_s...
Hardly any accidents at that spot, the camera was hated and they knew it, generated a stack of cash, accidents where cameras were switched off fell, yet the only reason it was removed was due to budget cuts?http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8838954.Holes_Bay_s...
Says a lot about the vultures involved. A common tale.
bigandclever said:
surveyor_101 said:
They list a camera as redlight on their website
They'll also have a disclaimer for the website somewhere saying "don't rely on the accuracy of the information on this website".NB: These maps are meant to be a rough guide to the camera location and may not always be 100% exact. Please also note that mobile sites can be up to 2km in length, and a mobile enforcement vehicle is able to park anywhere within the site where it is safe to do so, and may not necessarily park at the same location every time; therefore, we cannot plot a definitive point of the enforcement location.
rewc said:
They say it is a speed camera.
https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about-us/fre...
It can be combined with a red light camera to enforce speed on the green phase. there was a very famous one near to me which generated a huge amount of revenue. The green light bit was eventually set to a huge amount over the speed limit as even the Police and Council were embarrassed.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8838954.Holes_Bay_s...
This holes bay road camera in poole is very local to me...https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about-us/fre...
It can be combined with a red light camera to enforce speed on the green phase. there was a very famous one near to me which generated a huge amount of revenue. The green light bit was eventually set to a huge amount over the speed limit as even the Police and Council were embarrassed.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8838954.Holes_Bay_s...
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 25th October 17:20
Everyone moaning about drivers paying more attention etc, if you go through these traffic lights at 31mph and they change to orange as your going through... Thats 3 points.
But ofcourse all of you saying drivers who speed deserve it always do 30mph everytime in a 30mph zone, ofcourse.
rscott said:
This disclaimer on the very link he gave:-
NB: These maps are meant to be a rough guide to the camera location and may not always be 100% exact. Please also note that mobile sites can be up to 2km in length, and a mobile enforcement vehicle is able to park anywhere within the site where it is safe to do so, and may not necessarily park at the same location every time; therefore, we cannot plot a definitive point of the enforcement location.
That wording susgested to me, in relation to a fixed camera is the location is not 100% accurate not the type of camera.NB: These maps are meant to be a rough guide to the camera location and may not always be 100% exact. Please also note that mobile sites can be up to 2km in length, and a mobile enforcement vehicle is able to park anywhere within the site where it is safe to do so, and may not necessarily park at the same location every time; therefore, we cannot plot a definitive point of the enforcement location.
Learn2MergeInTurn said:
Everyone moaning about drivers paying more attention etc, if you go through these traffic lights at 31mph and they change to orange as your going through... Thats 3 points.
Oh, dear.Learn2MergeInTurn said:
But ofcourse all of you saying drivers who speed deserve it always do 30mph everytime in a 30mph zone, ofcourse.
Well, if I was nicked by a camera THAT obvious, then I'd certainly deserve everything I got, and I'd take it without whinging.TooMany2cvs said:
Well, if I was nicked by a camera THAT obvious, then I'd certainly deserve everything I got, and I'd take it without whinging.
The driver knew it was a camera and the webiste confirmed it was redlight as it had been for year! No speed camera sign on the stretch so the driver was worried about being caught on a red , not speeding as they stated on their website we was a redlight camera. surveyor_101 said:
The driver knew it was a camera and the webiste confirmed it was redlight as it had been for year! No speed camera sign on the stretch so the driver was worried about being caught on a red , not speeding as they stated on their website we was a redlight camera.
The web site also confirms it is a speed camera reactivated in 2015https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about-us/fre...
surveyor_101 said:
singlecoil said:
There are no rules about signage for speed cameras.
There is a rule about speeding though...
There are rules if they wish to recover their costs, which they do. Even if they they dont follow them, it does not effect the tickets issued.There is a rule about speeding though...
Link please.
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