Ever set a speed camera off?

COVEC

If you are really keen to set the cameras off, get a lot of scotchlite reflective materials on the rear of your jersey. This works as a very nice radar reflector(the cameras tend to work in the 24Ghz region) for the Gatso's. Oh, the only other thing is to pedal like a mad man :twisted: :twisted:

Cheers
COVEC

chronyx

Jon8a wrote:

do you think it's a good idea speed on a bike?

Absolutely.

Jon8a wrote:

Surely you'd be up in arms if car drivers were talking this way. Double standards?

Well the top speed they can achieve, the ease with which they can do it, the length of time they can sustain it for...etc...etc...etc make any correlative argument impossible.

Plus I'm fine with people breaking the limits. They're a load of rubbish. You should drive according to the conditions of the road at the current moment, not an arbitrary figure. Funny how they're always nice round numbers. Why not 26mph? or 32? Or 500.45400 G-gooks.

tardington

I'm glad you're in Surrey not near me or any of my friends' children.

chronyx

tardie wrote:

I'm glad you're in Surrey not near me or any of my friends' children.

Not as glad as I am.




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A little light reading for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignoratio_elenchi

Eat My Dust

richardast wrote:

Any idea why it's a 30 mph zone?

Yes, it's for the things with engines in them. The 30 limit doesn't apply to my bike.

secretsam

Yeah, in my car :evil: chunter chunter clear road, no houses/peds, money trap, busy roads near schools where you never see a camera and Max-Power louts drive at 50, chunter chunter...

BentMikey

I think it's probably morally wrong to speed on a bike even if it's not illegal. Not very though, because bikes don't cause anything like the injuries and deaths that motor vehicles do.

richardast

Eat My Dust wrote:

richardast wrote:

Any idea why it's a 30 mph zone?

Yes, it's for the things with engines in them. The 30 limit doesn't apply to my bike.

I realise that the speed limit only legally applies to the things with engines, and more efficient brakes, and more rubber/tarmac contact area and shorter stopping distance than a bike.
I was just wondering why it was a 30mph zone. Is it a built up area, is there a school, etc?

Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should.

Eat My Dust

richardast wrote:

Eat My Dust wrote:

richardast wrote:

Any idea why it's a 30 mph zone?

Yes, it's for the things with engines in them. The 30 limit doesn't apply to my bike.

I realise that the speed limit only legally applies to the things with engines, and more efficient brakes, and more rubber/tarmac contact area and shorter stopping distance than a bike.
I was just wondering why it was a 30mph zone. Is it a built up area, is there a school, etc?

Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should.

The 30 zone is just before Harrow College but I never really see that many peds. There is a roundabout a bit further down and I think this probably contributes to the 30 limit. TBH I consider myself a very safety orientated cyclist and this part of the road is pretty safe for over 30 (IMHO). I wouldn't consider these speeds acceptable in a normal 30 limit(ie. lots of peds).

richardast

Cool.
Did you copy and paste that answer from a similar thread on the MaxPower forums?

secretsam

BentMikey wrote:

I think it's probably morally wrong to speed on a bike even if it's not illegal. Not very though, because bikes don't cause anything like the injuries and deaths that motor vehicles do.

Frankly, that's bo77ocks. I've been hit by a bike at low speed (I was crossing a one-way street...you can guess the rest) and it's far from funny being sent head over heels. I dread to think of the damage a 40mph bike would do.

Eat My Dust

I think there's a considerable amount of difference between being hit by a 40mph bike than a 40mph bus!!! I hit a really old granny at around 12 mph and she was OK, I suslect if I had been in a car her little brittle bones may have snapped.

BentMikey

Hmm, can't agree that's bollocks. It's horrible, scary, and it'll hurt being hit by a bicycle, but it's still much much better than being hit by a car or a bigger vehicle.

Bassjunkieuk

Id much rather be hit by a cyclist at 40mph then a car as I'm sure my chances of survival are far higher! Bearing in mind that to do 40mph on a bike you'd either need to be a world class time trilalist (on the flats) or on a hill!

As with speeding in a car, if you choose to do these excessive speeds you have to be aware of the risks and try to minimize them. There are a few roads near me where I can easily exceed 30MPH and when I ride on them I always adopt a primary position (if I'm doing over 30 nobody should "really" overtake me, so I don't care if they somehow think I'm holding them up!) and look as far down the road as possible for hazards. Unfortunately as cyclist we are often missed or ignored when other road users (even cyclist sometimes I've found) exit junctions or try to cross our path and this presents an even greater danger when travelling at higher speeds!

andyfromletchworth

no,
but i did set off on of those SLOW DOWN signs going down a hill in castleford today!
I was well chuffed.

andy

jezwold

I happen to work for a company that while not actually making speed cameras does make automatic number plate reading cameras which provide the information about motorway congestion and police the congestion charging scheme in London and elsewhere, so I can say that signs which light up to show your speed as you pass them would probably not register a bike properly so you would be very unlikely to set it off on a bike or get a correct speed reading.
And yes I am responsible for the cameras which read number plates and lead to you getting a finel if you enter a congestion charge area and don't pay the charge.

andyfromletchworth

ah jez.....you havent seen the size of me though!

peter_andrew

You are all very brave (aka stupid) to be riding at 40 mph plus and loooking behind you at the same time to see if the camera flashes!!!

On the subject i easily trip (going down hill) the 30 slow down signs.
Oh!
Castlemilk ! Now that brings back memories of being 12 years old and flying down the drive (i lived at the very top) on a bike from the jumble sale, no brakes etc etc etc.

Peter