M4 Wiltshire - Vans out again
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Keep your eyes out as the Scamera vans are on the bridges over the M4 around Swindon again. It is the first one I have seen for a few months and it was there around 3 pm yesterday.
Fair enough, it probably got me (around the 82-85 mark as I was slowing down) and I will have a read of Pepipoo to see what can be done, and wait for the brown envelope in the next 2 weeks. A sad end to a quarter of a millon point free miles.
What really narks me though: was it in either set of roadworks on the M4 around Swindon (both very long 50 zones)? No - it was in the 70 zone past Swindon itself. So much for the focus on safety.....
Glen
Fair enough, it probably got me (around the 82-85 mark as I was slowing down) and I will have a read of Pepipoo to see what can be done, and wait for the brown envelope in the next 2 weeks. A sad end to a quarter of a millon point free miles.
What really narks me though: was it in either set of roadworks on the M4 around Swindon (both very long 50 zones)? No - it was in the 70 zone past Swindon itself. So much for the focus on safety.....
Glen
GlenMH said:
Fair enough, it probably got me (around the 82-85 mark as I was slowing down) and I will have a read of Pepipoo to see what can be done, and wait for the brown envelope in the next 2 weeks. A sad end to a quarter of a millon point free miles.
They may well have been using the lti 2020 dodgy scope - watch "tonight with trevor McDonald", tonight it will give you some ideas if the tax demand does appear.
Shame they are not doing the section of 50mph roadworks Eastbound from Junction 17.
If anyone does get anything going through that stretch, just say you joined at J17 as they have conveniently only placed a single 50 sign on the slip road, in line with the two either side of the main carriageway. If you were passing a line of lorries on the slip road, as I did on Monday, you don't find out about the resriction until you see the repeaters complete with camera signs - surely incorrect signage?
If anyone does get anything going through that stretch, just say you joined at J17 as they have conveniently only placed a single 50 sign on the slip road, in line with the two either side of the main carriageway. If you were passing a line of lorries on the slip road, as I did on Monday, you don't find out about the resriction until you see the repeaters complete with camera signs - surely incorrect signage?
jazzyjeff said:
Count yourself lucky it wasn't in the 50 otherwise you'd have been travelling more than 35 over the limit...! Imagine the penalty then...
Agreed - but there aren't any convenient road bridges in the set west of Swindon, and only 1 in the set east of it....
We will have to wait and see if the urgent braking had the desired effect! Would be intrigued to know their current trigger speeds as I have heard rumours about their abilities to process paperwork in time.
I wait with baited breath!
Glen
Glen, I see them there every week preying on innocent M4 users like parasitic leeches.
Hope you were under their threshold, it would be gut wrenchingly sickening to get points for the low 80's mph.
Most police don't bother with anything under 90, so how these parasites get away with this I don't know, especially as they park dangerously (and probably illegaly) on the bridges.
Hope you were under their threshold, it would be gut wrenchingly sickening to get points for the low 80's mph.
Most police don't bother with anything under 90, so how these parasites get away with this I don't know, especially as they park dangerously (and probably illegaly) on the bridges.
deeps said:
Glen, I see them there every week preying on innocent M4 users like parasitic leeches.
Hope you were under their threshold, it would be gut wrenchingly sickening to get points for the low 80's mph.
Most police don't bother with anything under 90, so how these parasites get away with this I don't know, especially as they park dangerously (and probably illegaly) on the bridges.
Agreed - fingers crossed!
Glen
dazren said:
Is it time for another protest????
Don't see why not.
Any news from the chap that organised the last one.
DAZ
I'm not sure if Robin will want to get involved again - I'm fairly certain that Paul won't (due to some adverse press IIRC) but I've still got all the flyers in my garage, and am more than happy to run the Leigh Delamere end again.
k50 del said:
Is it time for another protest????
Don't see why not.
Any news from the chap that organised the last one.
DAZ
I'm not sure if Robin will want to get involved again - I'm fairly certain that Paul won't (due to some adverse press IIRC) but I've still got all the flyers in my garage, and am more than happy to run the Leigh Delamere end again.
I'll look at all options. I do have reservations, but that's not due to press. It's due to some folk causing danger and upsetting the police by failing to follow the protest instructions.
safespeed said:
I'll look at all options. I do have reservations, but that's not due to press. It's due to some folk causing danger and upsetting the police by failing to follow the protest instructions.
Ah yes, IIRC that was a few of the 2 wheeled fraternity deciding to run the protest at 20mph - caused a great deal more notice to be taken, but also some bad feeling.
In view of this, would Wilts BiB allow another protest along their stretch of motorway?
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