a80 speed cameras
a80 speed cameras
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klimakool

Original Poster:

592 posts

197 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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hey guys, a little inside info here, the average speed cameras are now up on the a80 moodiesburn to haggs and first section of the m74, they are now active as of this morning

be carefull guys, good luck

paulqv

3,124 posts

217 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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Does anyone have a chain saw or is very good at Pizza throwing to obscure the lenses!!
Simple money grabbing disregard for anything to do with safety
if safety cameras actually were used to monitor road safety and pick up bad or unsafe driving or even ID all those stolen cars or fake plates and have police stop tams i would support them absolutely. Meantime, I am just going out to the garden to practice pizza throwing!
( in case your wondering, the first recorded case of camera vandalism in glasgow was fixed camera which had a pizza placed over it's lens one sat night)
Paul
xx

RDM

1,860 posts

229 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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Whereabouts on the M74 are they?

S2red

2,546 posts

213 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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?do you mean th first section of M90 heading towards/From M74?

munroman

1,901 posts

206 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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Do you perhaps mean the M73 at the Mollinsburn end, as the 40 limit carries onto that?



Edited due to brain fade!

Edited by munroman on Sunday 25th October 14:29

BonzoGuinness

1,554 posts

236 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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M74 M73? wink

S2red

2,546 posts

213 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Lifted from another form by someone who should know

Yes they will be switched on, but really do you want to take the chance despite the postal strike.

They do work and night as they are infrared and during the day they give a nice picture of who is driving.

They dont work with motorbikes as they take the front plate numbers

Dont know if switching lanes works the SCP does not let out all the secrets

telmonimo

3 posts

197 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Travelled the A80 both directions yesterday. The specs cameras only appeared to be between Moodiesburn and Auchenkilns - nothing visible between Auchenkilns and Haggs. People were still zooming past at 70mph plus - if they were activated they'll be in for a nasty shock, though there were no usual warning signs in place which suggests they were not yet operational.

Why is it that whenever I travel this road there is never anyone working on it - Two and a half years for 10 miles of motorway is surely utterly diabolical. Why don't Transport for Scotland get their fingers out and get people working round the clock so it gets finished earlier?

breagh

152 posts

218 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Couldn't agree more. 2 and a bit years is ridiculous.

munroman

1,901 posts

206 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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They need as long a period as possible to raise revenue from the Scameras, sorry Safety Cameras.
Speedy work would mean fewer delays and less money, what's the sense in that?

P.S. Thanks to all those who flashed fellow motorists by 'accident' today in Lennoxtown, in the area of massive road traffic carnage where the revenue raising limit has been moved out to, being policed by 2 of SP's finest wenches, it looked as if they were really practiced with using the speed gun-not!



marty1

3 posts

196 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Could someone please tell me if these cameras were operational on thursday 22nd october. I passed the area about 2130 and dont remember seeing them at all. Thanks for the help.

f1dget

359 posts

197 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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I think they went up overnight Thursday into Friday.I didn't see
them on Thursday on my way home but they were there Friday morning
about 6am.

HTH

marty1

3 posts

196 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Thanks for the reply. Would they be immediately active on going up ? and can anyone confirm the time they were actually put up, cheers.

munroman

1,901 posts

206 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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marty1 said:
Thanks for the reply. Would they be immediately active on going up ? and can anyone confirm the time they were actually put up, cheers.
Has someone you know been naughty?

marty1

3 posts

196 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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No i just take an intrest in these things

sherman

14,842 posts

237 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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If you are going south from the east the A706 is your friend via forth, carstairs junction, abington, M74 wayyyyyyyyyyyy past all this nonsense.

emicen

9,108 posts

240 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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munroman said:
They need as long a period as possible to raise revenue from the Scameras, sorry Safety Cameras.
Speedy work would mean fewer delays and less money, what's the sense in that?
Quite possible. Budgets may be quite stretched right now with the M74 extension being done at the same time!

BonzoGuinness

1,554 posts

236 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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sherman said:
If you are going south from the east the A706 is your friend via forth, carstairs junction, abington, M74 wayyyyyyyyyyyy past all this nonsense.
Except for the mobile van now occasionally parked on the straight out of Forth heading towards the roundabout near Carstairs/Cleghorn.

It's marked on the front and sides, but a nice plain shade of Scottish HydroElectric Green on the rear...

a11y_m

1,861 posts

244 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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BonzoGuinness said:
sherman said:
If you are going south from the east the A706 is your friend via forth, carstairs junction, abington, M74 wayyyyyyyyyyyy past all this nonsense.
Except for the mobile van now occasionally parked on the straight out of Forth heading towards the roundabout near Carstairs/Cleghorn.

It's marked on the front and sides, but a nice plain shade of Scottish HydroElectric Green on the rear...
That's good to know, that's the route I use if I'm travelling down south from home (Falkirk). Much more entertaining roads than the m'way alternative anyway.