Speed Camera No-Go Areas

chickenstrip · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Karma :

So who won't go to certain areas of the UK to have fun on the bike because of what they've heard or experienced of the speed camera situation there?

A lot of folk complain about Wales, but despite being caught once (which I guess isn't much for all the times I've enjoyed myself over there) it doesn't bother me there on the whole.

But yesterday, it was a toss-up between Wales and the Peak District. Last time I did the Peaks, I went with a couple of mates who were local to there, on a weekend, so traffic pretty much kept us slowed down anyway. So this time I thought if I go during the week, there might be a bit less traffic and I can have some fun. Cat n Fiddle was on my planned route, know about the average speed cameras there, so thought I'd be ok on that bit. But then I checked the camera sites on't web, and thought, bugger that, seems like a good place to lose my license!

Was I being silly? (wouldn't be the first time Rolling Eyes

) Is it all about just knowing the relevant area, knowing what to expect and where?
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CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Cat n Fiddle...

Leave matlock, give it the beans, have a brew at the top, carry on your way.

Assuming the 2nd load of cameras are still placed down the road after the pub.

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inb4 poor obs. Wink

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UncleFester · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2013 Karma :

I've been caught out once in the last 10 years and it was on the A1 up towards Grantham - couple of them tucked away and it was dark and as usual, I was in the Aygo and not the S2000. Thankfully the NIP never arrived Mr. Green

I've only ever been caught speeding in non sporty stuff Sad

My last foray into the courts was for well into 3 figures in an HR-V VTEC - the damned things top speed was officially 106 .... *sighs* at least Honda were accurate.

You just have to be on the look out and pay more attention to the changing limits. Like around Woburn / Milton Keynes where they are extending the 30 zones to 40 zones and THEN going to NSL. You just know the police will be waiting to make some coin out of that. Milton Keynes is still a great place to blast around late at night / early in the morning Thumbs Up

As far as traffic police go - not remotely concerned given the dwindling numbers that remain.
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chickenstrip · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Karma :

I didn't just mean the Cat n Fiddle, but the whole bloody Peak District seems to be saturated with the bloody things (mobile traps, Gatso, Truvelo). Or am I just reading too much into the websites?

Trouble is, if you only go to certain areas occasionally, you don't know what to expect. How many sections is the Cat road divided into as concerns the average speed cameras? Is it just one long thing, or do they measure over parts of it? I've often thought of going past the first camera and stopping for a bit, then carrying on.

Am I wrong about the Peak district as a whole being dodgy as far as all this is concerned?

I'm not talking about the average experience of commuting journeys, but places one would go specifically to have a bit of a blast for the sheer fun - which in my case is just about every time I get on the bike!
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UncleFester · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2013 Karma :

That's what 'they' want you to think - to slow you down ... to take the fun out of driving / riding.

The only way around it is to find other roads - the UK is littered with them and they can't afford to put cameras on them all Smile

Or what you do is buy a slower bike and get your kicks at a slower speed?
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Snap plate, put under seat, when 5-0 pull you point to the scratches on the side and pull out plate "found bike on its side sir, just getting it home"

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Er, yes, actually.

Perverting the course of justice, custody is assumed.

Pensioner, 8 months, suspended.

Biker, 15 months gaol. Shocked

This chap got off relatively lightly with only 3 months in pokey.

Wales.

Copper.

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chickenstrip · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Karma :

And people wonder why I want to relive my youth Rolling Eyes

I'm gonna do the Peaks. Fuck it, I'll just have to be careful and OBSERVANT Laughing

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The Wobbly Orange · Brolly Dolly Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Karma :

Northamptonshire is pretty saturated with cameras. Worth taking it steady through there. The A420 between Oxford and Swindon is a nice road but keep your wits about. The A505 has 3 gatsos in a row.
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wr6133 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Karma :

Wiltshire... no fixed cameras Thumbs Up

South Wales I despise, I've given up trying to have fun when there visiting family. Lots of Cameras and plod that enjoy pulling bikes.

Southampton is a bit crap too, no traffic light GP there. Though a lot of theirs do seem to be forward facing Middle Finger

andys675 · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Karma :

went up the cat and fiddle last year and the cameras before the pub looked like they had all their wires cut, they were hanging out the back
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cheeseman · Trackday Trickster Joined: 11 Jun 2014 Karma :

There's no fixed cameras in North Yorkshire as I know of. It was against there policy to have them a while ago, don't know if it still is. There's the odd mobile police laser speed gun around though.
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talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

Stay off the really well known parts. Consult local newspaper websites for mobile camera locations. Cat and fiddle purposefully avoided by me because it's massively popular. I'm sure if it was directly en route for me I'd go there, but

Holme moss and woodhead are a riot, spent a lot of last year exploring the areas around penistone. Snake has too much traffic. I probably like tighter, more b-roady and unclassified stuff than fast flowing stuff that you need to be far the other side of the speed limit to enjoy.
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