Portsmouth speed cameras ditched

[AndWhyNot]

From today's News (30/12/10)



Bound to be an increase in mobile sites tho.

Edited by AndWhyNot on Thursday 30th December 12:57

[T40ORA]

Dunno, does that necessarily follow? Wouldn't it still cost a packet to have mobiles?

[AndWhyNot]

Looking at the news article in full you may have a point. It's funding for membership of the safety camera partnership that's been withdrawn and that covers cameras at 6x fixed, 6x mobile and (worryingly, cos I didn't know about these) 2x average sites within the city's boundary.

Future speed management is going to depend on those signs that flash when you approach them too fast.

[Thejimreaper]

Wont really effect me as I know where they all are anyway!! I will miss driving through them and getting flashed at work though!!

[ecain63]

No such luck for any of us in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[T40ORA]

ecain63 said:

No such luck for any of us in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right; what can we do to get the buggers to have to make serious cut-backs?

[ecain63]

T40ORA said:

ecain63 said:

No such luck for any of us in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right; what can we do to get the buggers to have to make serious cut-backs?

Not sure, but when the 'camera scrapping' idea was banded around Hampshire and Wiltshire, Dorsets 'safety (lol) camera' team said, 'we will not be disarming any of our safety cameras, period!'. wkers!!

And (slightly off topic), has anyone noticed that the road past Hurn Airport is now a 30mph zone? It was a 60mph road until recently. Piss takers!!!

[ecain63]

Ahah!! Ive found a word that is not blocked!!!

PISS
Piss
PIss
PISs
pISS
piSS
pisS

hahahahahahahaha!

[nick1275]

Been like that for a while now Eddie at least a couple of months

[ecain63]

nick1275 said:

Been like that for a while now Eddie at least a couple of months

What has? Piss or Cameras?

[nick1275]

ecain63 said:

nick1275 said:

Been like that for a while now Eddie at least a couple of months

What has? Piss or Cameras?

lol

should of said the speed limit around the airport!

[AndWhyNot]

Thejimreaper said:

Wont really effect me as I know where they all are anyway!! I will miss driving through them and getting flashed at work though!!

So what's this about average speed cams - that's got me a bit concerned. Well, for the next three months until they're scrapped

[spdpug98]

I guess they will loose a fortune from the camera opposite the old swimming baths as you leave Gun Wharf Quays, I know of lots of people who have been caught by that one...

[langtounlad]

30mph limits installed at Hurn in preparation for the traffic lights I believe.
As if the road is not congested enough for most of the day!

[AndWhyNot]

spdpug98 said:

I guess they will loose a fortune from the camera opposite the old swimming baths as you leave Gun Wharf Quays, I know of lots of people who have been caught by that one...

Easily done, seen it happen several times but somehow always managed to avoid it myself.

[GKP]

That one has the distinction of earning Anne Robinson a short spell of walking, after pinging her at 43 mph and subsequently taking her points tally to 12.

[LukeBird]

ecain63 said:

And (slightly off topic), has anyone noticed that the road past Hurn Airport is now a 30mph zone? It was a 60mph road until recently. Piss takers!!!

I wasn't aware of that (I used to live in Bournemouth and work on the airport site and hence used to use the road daily!)!
That's a complete joke... well thought out as ever!

[Thejimreaper]

GKP said:

That one has the distinction of earning Anne Robinson a short spell of walking, after pinging her at 43 mph and subsequently taking her points tally to 12.

They do have their uses then!

[S7Paul]

Thejimreaper said:

GKP said:

That one has the distinction of earning Anne Robinson a short spell of walking, after pinging her at 43 mph and subsequently taking her points tally to 12.

They do have their uses then!

I also got done by that one, back in 2003. Just one of those things really, simply forgot it was there. Having received the NIP I worked out that given that I'd just pulled out of Park Road, accelerated for a few seconds & then braked for the junction, I'd actually been over the limit for 4 seconds!

[Paul_B]

AndWhyNot said:

So what's this about average speed cams - that's got me a bit concerned. Well, for the next three months until they're scrapped

They did have some on the m27 approaching Pompey from Southampton, they havn't been there for ages though have they??