Pirbright Bends

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Frimley111R

15,609 posts

234 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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rallye101 said:
Cameras are up!!!!
Game over grumpy

bolidemichael

13,776 posts

201 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Frimley111R said:
rallye101 said:
Cameras are up!!!!
Game over grumpy
The case for removing number plates from bikes is increasingly more 'sane'.

bigothunter

11,206 posts

60 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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bolidemichael said:
The case for removing number plates from bikes is increasingly more 'sane'.
Bogus plates are less obvious than none...

bolidemichael

13,776 posts

201 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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bigothunter said:
bolidemichael said:
The case for removing number plates from bikes is increasingly more 'sane'.
Bogus plates are less obvious than none...
It's a segue... however, the logic explained to me is that there is a monetary fine for a missing plate, whereas a speeding offence is endorseable. I imagine that a bogus plate would incur an even more punitive penalty, but I take your point.

bigothunter

11,206 posts

60 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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bolidemichael said:
bigothunter said:
bolidemichael said:
The case for removing number plates from bikes is increasingly more 'sane'.
Bogus plates are less obvious than none...
It's a segue... however, the logic explained to me is that there is a monetary fine for a missing plate, whereas a speeding offence is endorseable. I imagine that a bogus plate would incur an even more punitive penalty, but I take your point.
Both are acts of disobedience in the face of creeping authoritarianism. Will be interesting to see how this plays out (broadly not just Pirbright)...

bolidemichael

13,776 posts

201 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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bigothunter said:
bolidemichael said:
bigothunter said:
bolidemichael said:
The case for removing number plates from bikes is increasingly more 'sane'.
Bogus plates are less obvious than none...
It's a segue... however, the logic explained to me is that there is a monetary fine for a missing plate, whereas a speeding offence is endorseable. I imagine that a bogus plate would incur an even more punitive penalty, but I take your point.
Both are acts of disobedience in the face of creeping authoritarianism. Will be interesting to see how this plays out (broadly not just Pirbright)...
Meekly and with a whimper, as is the British way (yes, Pink Floyd played out in my mind as I typed this).

COLONEL_SMITH

263 posts

237 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Not live yet until they change the limit to 40mph for the whole stretch of road

Armchair_Expert

18,270 posts

206 months

Friday 23rd September 2022
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They have been positioned to allow you to deviate routes, as well as stop at certain points on the way if required. Easily manipulated. Once past the first one on Gole Rd, a brief stop at the Gole Farm entrance before then commencing a set route enthusiastically will see you out of any prosecutable route. There are route options, as I suspected, that can be taken that buck the system. You just need to study the camera positions and route options.

nessiemac

1,546 posts

241 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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Fun over….




flimper

560 posts

183 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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Big_Dog

974 posts

185 months

Sunday 2nd October 2022
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About 2 miles from me, there can't be more than a hundred cars down there in a typical day. Not sure how they justify the expense.

rallye101

1,892 posts

197 months

Sunday 2nd October 2022
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The frenchies don't put up with it, 100 pistonhead points to the person with an angle grinder who has 5 minutes to kill

bigothunter

11,206 posts

60 months

Monday 3rd October 2022
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rallye101 said:
The frenchies don't put up with it, 100 pistonhead points to the person with an angle grinder who has 5 minutes to kill
No chance - Captain Gatso died back in 2011 RIP frown

COLONEL_SMITH

263 posts

237 months

Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Does anyone know when these cameras will be working? At the moment the speed limit changes 3 times between Mytchett & Pirbright so they are not doing anything other than slow down people who are not aware they are not live.
If these really are to improve safety you would think they would be up and running as soon as they were installed. Its been dragging on for a year now since they started installing the signs.

Frimley111R

15,609 posts

234 months

Wednesday 14th December 2022
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TBH the signs did the same job for a lot less!

Armchair_Expert

18,270 posts

206 months

Sunday 1st January 2023
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They are working. I've worked it out. There is no speed limit change and the cameras only cover the 40 section ( the 30 is not covered and the presumption is owing to the bends people can't do more than 40 anyway ). Hence you have a stretch of monitored 40, followed by a stretch of unmonitored bendy 30, back into a stretch of monitored 40. Consequently, I go hell for leather through the 30 stretch and have fun on the actual bends.

That said, there is also a way of bypassing the system as I suspected, where you drive the route incorporating Vapery Lane / Stanley Hill and switch between the 2 different routes. You can druve the entire of Grange Rd, turn right at the end, and then head down to the bridge and turn left, again bypassing the system.

Arnold Cunningham

3,761 posts

253 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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I mean, they absolutely can’t be active yet, can they, with a 30,40,60 limit all in scope. That’s not how they work, nor how the law works. Unless it uses both cameras on a single pole….but then it’s only average speed over 100yds or so….

Armchair_Expert

18,270 posts

206 months

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Arnold Cunningham said:
I mean, they absolutely can’t be active yet, can they, with a 30,40,60 limit all in scope. That’s not how they work, nor how the law works. Unless it uses both cameras on a single pole….but then it’s only average speed over 100yds or so….
Proof that nobody reads a single thing on this forum.

Arnold Cunningham

3,761 posts

253 months

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Oh here we go, internet insults are GO. So you're saying that the cameras are live and they're not making it a blanket 40 limit? I sort of assumed your earlier post was tongue in cheek, but now I dunno since you're just reverting to rudeness.

Armchair_Expert

18,270 posts

206 months

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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The cameras are live. They cover only the 40mph stretch. You don't use average speed on a 30mph road.

You will note that the cameras are placed to cover each end of each 40mph stretch without any interruption on speed limits. You will also note that the 30mph stretch has no coverage at all.