Erskine bridge?
Discussion
Meths said:
What's the craic with the Erskine bridge?
Seems to be traffic lights are being built on the a82 side, in an odd position. I can't see how these will help, except cause crashes.
Whhhhhhhyyyyyyy?
Completely agree, can see tourists in the summer coming off the A82 onto the slip road, not knowing the road and more than likely running into the back of the stationary traffic. Absolute madness, the traffic flows fine there, the merge never has any incidents. I hope that this change doesn't lead to any deaths or serious injuries but I fear the worst. Does local consultation happen for something like this?Seems to be traffic lights are being built on the a82 side, in an odd position. I can't see how these will help, except cause crashes.
Whhhhhhhyyyyyyy?
AMG01 said:
Completely agree, can see tourists in the summer coming off the A82 onto the slip road, not knowing the road and more than likely running into the back of the stationary traffic. Absolute madness, the traffic flows fine there, the merge never has any incidents. I hope that this change doesn't lead to any deaths or serious injuries but I fear the worst. Does local consultation happen for something like this?
Ditto. I'm also concerned about lorries. It's a major trucking route to the highlands. They don't have good brakes at the best of times, even worse when on a corner!Get ready for 10 months of **** (insert your own expletives!) The traffic lights could be used to control vehicles entering the contra-flow.
http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
Edited by bigwheel on Thursday 18th April 00:57
bigwheel said:
Get ready for 10 months of **** (insert your own expletives!) The traffic lights could be used to control vehicles entering the contra-flow.
http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
That's great news!! They have already been replacing the barriers. Don't see why they keep trying to stop people using the bridge to commit suicide, surely they will just go somewhere else!http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
Edited by bigwheel on Thursday 18th April 00:57
AMG01 said:
bigwheel said:
Get ready for 10 months of **** (insert your own expletives!) The traffic lights could be used to control vehicles entering the contra-flow.
http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
That's great news!! They have already been replacing the barriers. Don't see why they keep trying to stop people using the bridge to commit suicide, surely they will just go somewhere else!http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
Edited by bigwheel on Thursday 18th April 00:57
If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
Sunnysidebb said:
AMG01 said:
bigwheel said:
Get ready for 10 months of **** (insert your own expletives!) The traffic lights could be used to control vehicles entering the contra-flow.
http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
That's great news!! They have already been replacing the barriers. Don't see why they keep trying to stop people using the bridge to commit suicide, surely they will just go somewhere else!http://trafficscotland.org/news/story.aspx?id=9945...
Also, for the curious, the large W.I.M. signs (Weigh In Motion) and cameras at the southern end are for truckers.
The Erskine Bridge installation includes a four-lane WIM system with ANPR cameras. All vehicle images and weight data are stored on a central server at the bridge office. For all vehicles detected by the WIM system as being overweight reports can be produced including image information as well as axle, gross and excess weights, vehicle type, speed, length and time of passage.
An abnormal vehicle report can be produced at the click of a button, including every vehicle over 50 tonnes that has used the bridge in the last six weeks. The operator can discern from an image if the special running license (STGO) is correctly displayed. Continual offenders can be readily identified and the information provided to the relevant enforcement authority. Statistical WIM data is streamed to the national Scottish Road Database for analysis along with other data.
http://www.tdcsystems.co.uk/case-studies/article/e...
Edited by bigwheel on Thursday 18th April 00:57
If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
A good friend of mine jumped and killed himself back in 2010, and I doubt that the barriers would have stopped him
Sunnysidebb said:
Agreed..... Barriers aren't working 100% either, IIRC a bloke jumped a week ago and managed to get over the new barriers.
If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
Tbh if I was going to do it id get an expensive ladder on my credit card. If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
Its not like id be paying it back.....
Humper said:
Sunnysidebb said:
Agreed..... Barriers aren't working 100% either, IIRC a bloke jumped a week ago and managed to get over the new barriers.
If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
Tbh if I was going to do it id get an expensive ladder on my credit card. If I was intending to do it, how hard would it be to get a cheap ALDI telescopic ladder. If your really going to do it those barriers are not going to stop you.
Its not like id be paying it back.....
Edited by Sunnysidebb on Thursday 2nd May 19:02
Who me said:
I used to use the bridge for years ,till I discovered /remembered the tunnel . Coming north it's straight up the M74 THEN off to the A 739 ,then back to the A82 ( avoiding Dumbarton -in shire it's N, in town it's M -STRANGE IDEA ).
If your eventual aim is to head north on the A82 how does taking the Clyde tunnel instead of the Erskine Bridge help you to avoid Dumbarton. Do you actually know where Dumbarton is ?
Edited by bigblock on Friday 3rd May 10:18
s driving it, even in clear conditions, pootle over at more than that presently.Gassing Station | Scotland | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff