has anyone actually ever been convicted by an average speed camera?
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Reported earlier this year that in excess of 3000 caught on the M90 alone...
http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/artic...
http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/artic...
Rockatansky said:
Reported earlier this year that in excess of 3000 caught on the M90 alone...
http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/artic...
Ha! my comment is in there - and it's not popular with the local sheep.http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/artic...
ETA. never been "caught" - always drive safely.
The thing is that they are 50 for a reason, to protect the workforce. Forget the a.s.c`s and think about how you would feel having somebody doing 70mph past you less than say 2 feet away, not once but on a regular basis.
Fine, I know they shouldn`t be used when there are no people there at night but how long does it actually gain you if you go through them at 70, not much cause you`ll soon catch somebody up doing 50.
The muppets that sit at 40, in the middle lane going through them though, now that`s another matter, or the one`s that are just a money making scam, like those over the `cat` or on the A14.
Fine, I know they shouldn`t be used when there are no people there at night but how long does it actually gain you if you go through them at 70, not much cause you`ll soon catch somebody up doing 50.
The muppets that sit at 40, in the middle lane going through them though, now that`s another matter, or the one`s that are just a money making scam, like those over the `cat` or on the A14.
It's not just to protect the workforce, though. Often, there are unfinished barriers or other objects that you wouldn't want to crash into; keeping everyone at the same, lower, speed (in theory) during these sections helps to prevent accidents and therefore the chance of hitting things that you don't want to hit.
If you actually wanted to "protect the workforce" then you need to insure that the drivers of the vehicles are awake, alert and properly trained. If you get hit by a car at 50mph it is going to kill you just as well as one doing 70mph, and if it's a truck, then 20mph would be plenty. So how come lorries aren't limited to 15mph to "protect the workforce" ??
dowahdiddyman said:
The thing is that they are 50 for a reason, to protect the workforce. Forget the a.s.c`s and think about how you would feel having somebody doing 70mph past you less than say 2 feet away, not once but on a regular basis.
You can't measure safe driving in mph, whatever number you pick.Personally, I'd rather have folks not having to look out for speed cameras
and so having much more time to attend to their driving.
Back on topic, I think you'd have to be going some to get done by an
average speed camera. For a hypothetical 50 mph limit, you'd have to average
over 60 mph or so to get done. That's effectively driving at least 70 mph, given
all the lorries and other traffic on our congested roads.
Seeing as you mentioned the A127, I really cant believe that the 50mph section on the A13 is active. Every time that I drop down to 55ish everything other than lorry's keeps banging along at 80mph until they reach the 40mph bit, if those cameras worked then noone in the area would still have a license.
charltjr said:
Looking out for speed cameras is part of basic hazard awareness. If your driving is impaired by looking out for them then you can't be looking out for other things at the side of the road either.
100%. It is annoying at night when it goes on for miles with apparently nothing happening but the difference of doing 50mph over say five miles v 70mph over the same distance you could drive 1.67miles further or if were talking time had you done 5 miles at 70mph it's 4mins 30seconds while at 50mph it's 6mins. So 90 seconds and frankly there are not many if any 5 mile sections of average speed.
So just chill out as if 90 seconds over a journey will get you frustrated it's a sad world indeed
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