someone mentioned speed cameras....

[hellbound]

is it just me that noticed the average speed check camera's on motorways all face forward therefore not being able to actually snap a bikes number plate?
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Not the one that got me

[Ichy]

If they face forward does it not mean that they take a photo of the back of the bike? I think you mean that they face backwards so are aimed at the front of the bike making them forward facing.

Yes I noticed.

They have special ones at the start and finish just for bikes. Rearwards facing so they point forwards.


Its all relative.
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[hellbound]

ah.....


see I didn't know this and have been racing down the m1 from work to home for about a year now paying no attention whatsoever to speed cameras
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[lihp]

Just because they're over your side, they may still be rear facing, but for the other carriage way

[Paxovasa]

If only bikes had a reverse gear


Time for a pan european
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[bootsbiker]

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The only type I like..

Found this on FB

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62390223295

Ban Speed Cameras... I joined the group...

EDIT... Anyway I through that they where switching them off!!!!
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They switched them all off in Oxfordshire a few months back and they're switching them all back on again in a few weeks, after pressure from local anti-motoring groups.
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[Rogerborg]

Maybe they're just telling the anti-motoring mentals that they're turning them back on? It's not like they actually pay attention to evidence.
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To be honest, that'd be a win/win for the council anyway. No more lentil-munchers giving them grief and the motorist actually thinking they're on (which would stop as many people risking lives as them being on in the first place), plus it would save the money needed to run the cameras.
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[baldy]

There is some on the dual carriage way just before the river trent pub in lincolnshire just before the oil refinery. They have been put up recently to catch bikes as it's a popular bike route.
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[andym]

can anyone still afford to run any kind of vehicle to get caught on speed cameras these days?

[Ichy]

[bootsbiker]

i think the thing with the front cameras is that they where invented to take a picture of some1s face so there is no mis-understanding who is driving the car... I keeping the full-face lid..
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[DrDonnyBrago]

A year or two ago on the A39 down by Exeter at some roadworks I saw an average speed camera facing rearwards. No idea if it was functional etc but it was definitely turned around to look at the back of you.

Probably there as a deterrent to the biking community tbh.

[Kickstart]

Hi

SPECS works by checking when a vehicle passes one point by recording its numberplate and checking when that same numberplate passes another point. Known distance and the time gives the average speed.

With no numberplate on view to the cameras it has no way of telling when the bike passed either of the cameras, beyond an operator manually sitting there to work it out.

However there are some rearward facing cameras now. Some just north of Brum near Bassetts Pole on the A38.

Most of the speed cameras in Staffs are being turned off. Funny how when they no longer get paid for their empire building there suddenly become better ways of keeping down road deaths.

All the best

Keith
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[dodgydog]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Just depends on how loud mouthed those who make their livings from speed cameras are.

By the way, did you ask them how they got away with extorting bribes (ie, getting you to pay for a course) in exchange for not prosecuting you?

All the best

Keith
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[Parp]

Whether speed cameras make money and who for I am not sure. What I am sure about is that they cost money to install, run and maintain.

So if you want rid of speed cameras, slow down, do not speed and they will have to be removed as they are now costing a fortune to run.

In the meantime, whilst the rate of accidents may not decline, the severity of accidents will, as the likely hood of serious injury or death increases with speed due to the higher impact forces.

[c-m]

Aren't average speed camera's mostly in areas where there are roadworks? In those area it stands to reason that they remove the cameras once the roadworks are complete.

[Parp]

Ayrshire and going to Stranraer has average speed cameras. They appeared for road works and stayed.

[Kickstart]