A5 between the end of the M54 and Shrewsbury.

[Beemer-5]

Police were speed-trapping yesterday, out of the back of a dirty old horse box, parked almost out of sight on the verge.
A mile further down the line, cars were getting pulled in regularly.
Straight road, good visibility.

GREAT!

NOT!

[Fort Jefferson]

See here.

[Richair]

Pesky mo-fo's! Although saying that, if you were a copper and you wanted to catch drivers who REALLY exceed the speed limit, where would you go?

However, how many accidents occur along that stretch!? Not many to my knowledge...

[i want an aero]

just raising cash, bloody joke if you ask me

[Shropshiremike]

Richair said:

Pesky mo-fo's! Although saying that, if you were a copper and you wanted to catch drivers who REALLY exceed the speed limit, where would you go?

Yep, it's a good stretch for testing whether your speedo needle sticks at high revs

[smiller]

Yeah.

That DC stretch is a notorious accident blackspot. Innit

Another that boils me p!ss is Otley Road past the new Shrewsbury football ground. For years and years it was a perfectly acceptable 60 limit. Now? 40 all that way from Meole Brace to Emstrey.

F!!ckers.

[Shropshiremike]

smiller said:

Yeah.

That DC stretch is a notorious accident blackspot. Innit

Another that boils me p!ss is Otley Road past the new Shrewsbury football ground. For years and years it was a perfectly acceptable 60 limit. Now? 40 all that way from Meole Brace to Emstrey.

F!!ckers.

Tis actually 40 till the housing estate turnoff, then 50 till Weeping Cross island ....and then 60 thru the industrial estate roundabout down Thieves Lane to Emstrey.
Know what you mean though, think it was done primarily because of the increased pedestrian traffic round the New Meadow

[smiller]

Shropshiremike said:

smiller said:

Yeah.

That DC stretch is a notorious accident blackspot. Innit

Another that boils me p!ss is Otley Road past the new Shrewsbury football ground. For years and years it was a perfectly acceptable 60 limit. Now? 40 all that way from Meole Brace to Emstrey.

F!!ckers.

Tis actually 40 till the housing estate turnoff, then 50 till Weeping Cross island ....and then 60 thru the industrial estate roundabout down Thieves Lane to Emstrey.
Know what you mean though, think it was done primarily because of the increased pedestrian traffic round the New Meadow

Ah.

Information, Fed, Duff.

Re-arrange at leisure.

[CNHSS1]

the cheeky feckers! lets hope it still smells of horse st!
being a local, just trying to think if i was there yesterday and may be getting a letter from PCs Dobbin and Shergar in the mail...

[Shropshiremike]

CNHSS1 said:

the cheeky feckers! lets hope it still smells of horse st!
being a local, just trying to think if i was there yesterday and may be getting a letter from PCs Dobbin and Shergar in the mail...

Perhaps they're trying to catch local police "testing" their Vectras at V-Max down there..

[CNHSS1]

ah yes of course, hadnt thought of that. i wonder if when nicked for speeding, one could use 'i was only trying to keep up with that Vectra Officer' as a defence lol. double stds if you ask me lol

[Shropshiremike]

CNHSS1 said:

ah yes of course, hadnt thought of that. i wonder if when nicked for speeding, one could use 'i was only trying to keep up with that Vectra Officer' as a defence lol. double stds if you ask me lol

Although in the end he got done for it IIRC ...but got an absolute discharge for the offence?

[Richair]

Lol, the officer in question lives, or lived on my estate... Not sure if he still does though, as I haven't seen him driving.

Otley Road; A very poorly implemented and inapropriate speed limit for that length of road. Its no wonder the police stated they won't enforce it

[CNHSS1]

to be fair to 'Speedy Plod' none of us lot are saints (other than me of course Officer ), but then i dont have to enforce the laws of the land....
doubt you'll see him driving a Vectra now, look out for a push bike with blues and twos...

[Beemer-5]

smiller said:

"Ah.Information, Fed, Duff."

Re-arrange at leisure.

"Hi. Offend a daft uniform."

(Re-arranged!)

[Shropshiremike]

They had the camera van on the A49 stretch from Preston to Sundorne Island the other evening....cue comedy braking halfway down the 1 mile straight....

[sniff petrol]

That bit of duel carridgeway strangely seems to go slightly uphill in both directions doesn't it?

[smiller]

Shropshiremike said:

They had the camera van on the A49 stretch from Preston to Sundorne Island the other evening....cue comedy braking halfway down the 1 mile straight....

Accident not again happen an waiting to!

Witf!!cks

Beemer-5 will translate