Positioning of mobile cameras

[kempster]

Near my work there's a B road that runs thru a village. 30mph thru the village, national speed limit either side. As the road exits the village there is the infamous straight bit where everybody speeds up cause they can see the national speed limit signs. What do I find today but the gits in the white van parked in a field entrance nabbing everyone. But the killer is the front bumper of the van was literally 2 feet within the 30mph zone.

I thought the government 'rules' on positioning of cameras would mean this must be really borderline to being acceptable.

Can anybody confirm what the official line is (or if there even is one!)??
Thanks

P.S. I didn't get done (phew!) and we're talking about a straight bit of very safe road.

[tsh]

Don't think the 'guidelines' mention this at all.

However, if you can justify it, write to as many people as you can (MP, local paper, council, etc) and express your deep dissatisfaction at the atitude of the white van men. It can't do any harm!

Even better, try and dig out the past 10 year's road accident statistics, and see if you can spot a change in the rate of decline at about 1995-6. Mention this in your letters, when you state that you feel this has very little to do with road safety, and much more to do with oppressing the ordinary motorist...

(I'll stop now before I get too wound up...)

Sean

[bobthebench]

Scamera guidelines are based on a 500m stretch and their accident record for the past 3 calendar years. Usually 4 Personal injuries in that time, and speed a causal factor. Boffins interpretation seems to be that if you were moving, speed was a factor - their view, not normal folks. Might care to write to the Scamera partnership and query, else write to press and all partnerships have a press office who will look into it when asked by the press, though maybe not very vigourously.

[JMGS4]

But the killer is the front bumper of the van was literally 2 feet within the 30mph zone.
I thought the government 'rules' on positioning of cameras would mean this must be really borderline to being acceptable.
Can anybody confirm what the official line is (or if there even is one!)??
Thanks

Just for Info, here on the continent, Germany that is, a Talivan or similar highway robbery scamera CANNOT be placed within 200meters of a speed limit change as you are allowed a "roll-out" or "acceleration when you see the delimit" speed change. Sensible IMHO!
When will these socialist tw@s see sense and not always rape the motorists??

[regmolehusband]

as you are allowed a "roll-out" or "acceleration when you see the delimit" speed change

When will the barstewards introduce something like this in the UK? Never! That's far too sensible and "real world"

[stuonline]

Our local scamera partnership park their tax grabber van about 20 metres on the other side of the national speed limit pointing into a 30.

Theyre also positioned so theyre definately getting you going from the 30 to 60.

bastards

Edited to say thats in Northop - North Wales

>> Edited by stuonline on Wednesday 12th March 19:57

[DennisTheMenace]

regmolehusband said:

as you are allowed a "roll-out" or "acceleration when you see the delimit" speed change

When will the barstewards introduce something like this in the UK? Never! That's far too sensible and "real world"

I think the same thing applies here not 100% sure though