TAKE CARE - Superbikes - 24/25 Sept Donington
Discussion
Speed enforcement in Castle Donington.
A general heads-up, especially for those visiting for the Superbikes this weekend, that the local constabulary have agreed to the wishes of a couple of locals and will be deploying mobile speed cameras in the village in the first week of October.
Why does this matter to anyone right now?
Well, I was reliably informed this afternoon that they were also out this morning trapping people on the long hill to the south of the village heading towards the race track. For those who don't know it it's the sort of hill where one is likely to slightly exceed the limit going up or down, so in some way it is surprising it has not been targeted before.
Presumably that is because there was no obvious reason to do so as the official stats would not present sufficient KSI's to justify the move. That may have changed when a local biker managed to end his life, in what is apparently a single vehicle accident, heading in to the village from the north a couple of weeks ago. Whilst I have not seen any official comment on the cause of the accident, which occurred near the point that the new 40 limit changes to the 30 limit entering the village, the local rag this week reported a comment from a local councillor referring to a need to be careful about speed.
He may be speaking from personal knowledge - or he may simply have been brainwashed by the usual mantra, trotted out irrespective of the circumstances. Who knows?
Whichever way you look at it it has given some locals the opportunity to voice their prejudices and the agencies an excuse to appear to be doing something for the local community by targeting through traffic. I guess that lets them off having to come up with a way of dealing with the local chav kids who simply ignore them and continue to cause upset and vandalism throughout the centre of the village.
Anyway, be warned. They announced the first week in October to the press but suddenly there they are earlier than they said. I can only assume that this is not unconnected with Superbikes meeting this weekend. To 'catch' a whole load of non-locals passing through would surely allow points to be scored with certain members of the local population. Probably keep people quiet for a couple of months.
A general heads-up, especially for those visiting for the Superbikes this weekend, that the local constabulary have agreed to the wishes of a couple of locals and will be deploying mobile speed cameras in the village in the first week of October.
Why does this matter to anyone right now?
Well, I was reliably informed this afternoon that they were also out this morning trapping people on the long hill to the south of the village heading towards the race track. For those who don't know it it's the sort of hill where one is likely to slightly exceed the limit going up or down, so in some way it is surprising it has not been targeted before.
Presumably that is because there was no obvious reason to do so as the official stats would not present sufficient KSI's to justify the move. That may have changed when a local biker managed to end his life, in what is apparently a single vehicle accident, heading in to the village from the north a couple of weeks ago. Whilst I have not seen any official comment on the cause of the accident, which occurred near the point that the new 40 limit changes to the 30 limit entering the village, the local rag this week reported a comment from a local councillor referring to a need to be careful about speed.
He may be speaking from personal knowledge - or he may simply have been brainwashed by the usual mantra, trotted out irrespective of the circumstances. Who knows?
Whichever way you look at it it has given some locals the opportunity to voice their prejudices and the agencies an excuse to appear to be doing something for the local community by targeting through traffic. I guess that lets them off having to come up with a way of dealing with the local chav kids who simply ignore them and continue to cause upset and vandalism throughout the centre of the village.
Anyway, be warned. They announced the first week in October to the press but suddenly there they are earlier than they said. I can only assume that this is not unconnected with Superbikes meeting this weekend. To 'catch' a whole load of non-locals passing through would surely allow points to be scored with certain members of the local population. Probably keep people quiet for a couple of months.
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