New Batheaston camera delayed "due to demand"
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SPEED CAMERA VANS TARGETING DRIVERS
15:00 - 21 August 2003
Speed camera teams have been out in force in the Bath area as they win permission to keep tabs on more parts of the city. Mobile units were clocking cars on the Swainswick bypass on the A46 yesterday.
Their presence in the city comes as four new mobile sites in Bath are added to the Avon and Somerset Safety Camera Partnership's list of target hotspots.
The new sites are at Green Park Road, Bear Flat, Newbridge Road and London Road.
They have all been approved by the Department of Transport after meeting official criteria.
To qualify there must have been either two fatalities or four collisions in which people have been injured on the road over a three-year period.
These join the other established sites in the Bath and north east Somerset area, which include fixed cameras at Whiteway Road, Saltford Hill and Batheaston bypass.
There is also a mobile site on the A4 Keynsham bypass and a traffic light camera on the Lower Bristol Road.
Safety partnership spokesman David Gollicker said: "It is about getting people to slow down on those roads. People seem to think they only need to slow down when the cameras are there.
"We are about casualty reduction and those roads have been identified and approved by the Department of Transport.
"The safety of the community depends on traffic speeds."
As well as carrying out enforcement action, the camera units also monitor the speeds on the roads to assess whether they have come down as a result of enforcement.
Mr Gollicker said the mobile units usually stayed at one site for an hour or two before moving on around the area.
Often the teams will carry statistical information with them about when collisions are most likely to occur to target their checks at the key times.
The partnership said it hoped the missing Batheaston bypass permanent camera would be replaced in the next few weeks.
The yellow camera casing, which was empty at the time, was removed earlier this year after it was set alight in a form of vandalism called necklacing - where tyres are places around the box and set on fire.
Mr Gollicker said the decision had been made to replace the camera but that due to demand for the equipment the supplier had been delayed.
"It will be done as soon as possible. We hope it is only going to be weeks. We are putting pressure on people to get it sorted," he said.
To find out where the sites are, log on to www.safecam.org.uk.
15:00 - 21 August 2003
Speed camera teams have been out in force in the Bath area as they win permission to keep tabs on more parts of the city. Mobile units were clocking cars on the Swainswick bypass on the A46 yesterday.
Their presence in the city comes as four new mobile sites in Bath are added to the Avon and Somerset Safety Camera Partnership's list of target hotspots.
The new sites are at Green Park Road, Bear Flat, Newbridge Road and London Road.
They have all been approved by the Department of Transport after meeting official criteria.
To qualify there must have been either two fatalities or four collisions in which people have been injured on the road over a three-year period.
These join the other established sites in the Bath and north east Somerset area, which include fixed cameras at Whiteway Road, Saltford Hill and Batheaston bypass.
There is also a mobile site on the A4 Keynsham bypass and a traffic light camera on the Lower Bristol Road.
Safety partnership spokesman David Gollicker said: "It is about getting people to slow down on those roads. People seem to think they only need to slow down when the cameras are there.
"We are about casualty reduction and those roads have been identified and approved by the Department of Transport.
"The safety of the community depends on traffic speeds."
As well as carrying out enforcement action, the camera units also monitor the speeds on the roads to assess whether they have come down as a result of enforcement.
Mr Gollicker said the mobile units usually stayed at one site for an hour or two before moving on around the area.
Often the teams will carry statistical information with them about when collisions are most likely to occur to target their checks at the key times.
The partnership said it hoped the missing Batheaston bypass permanent camera would be replaced in the next few weeks.
The yellow camera casing, which was empty at the time, was removed earlier this year after it was set alight in a form of vandalism called necklacing - where tyres are places around the box and set on fire.
Mr Gollicker said the decision had been made to replace the camera but that due to demand for the equipment the supplier had been delayed.
"It will be done as soon as possible. We hope it is only going to be weeks. We are putting pressure on people to get it sorted," he said.
To find out where the sites are, log on to www.safecam.org.uk.
And their explanation for why the A46 goes from a single-carriageway, twisty, badly surfaced, subsiding NSL to a brand new, dual carriageway, wide sweeping 50 zone? Bleeding heart numpty NIMBYs who don't want "noise pollution" 
I don't know why they're bothering putting cameras up on that stretch. The last one was burnt out. Do they really think that the same person won't come straight out and do the same to the new ones???
I don't know why they're bothering putting cameras up on that stretch. The last one was burnt out. Do they really think that the same person won't come straight out and do the same to the new ones???
A scamera bloke said:
"The safety of the community depends on traffic speeds."
The safety of the community my arse! I've got friends who live right next to that new bit of road and there is absolutely no way that any member of the community could possibly wander onto that road and be put at risk, or put at risk by speeding vehicles flying off the road. Big solid walls and embankments were put in to reduce noise pollution.
I had better not discuss my new personal best vmax speed at the top of the hill from a standing start at where the old A46 meets the new section half way up. Previous personal best was 55mph in a Fiat Panda. 
Bonce said:
"The safety of the community depends on traffic speeds."
The safety of the community my arse! I've got friends who live right next to that new bit of road and there is absolutely no way that any member of the community could possibly wander onto that road and be put at risk, or put at risk by speeding vehicles flying off the road. Big solid walls and embankments were put in to reduce noise pollution.
Hey, I thought that game was my personal invention!!!
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