Speed Cameras

MissBint37

How annoying is it that the M1 is now full of speed cameras and variable speed limits So not only can I not go above 70, sometimes we get a nice speed limit of 40 slapped on there for no reason except to annoy us!!! Seriously.

I don't think the gantreys round Nottingham way have any cameras on yet but you have to go slow just in case :evil:

On a positive note, the speed camera 1/2 a mile down the road from me has been blown up again...win. :twisted:
And no............it wasn't me! :twisted:

Chaz.Harding

Aye, I was on that stretch of M1 on m motorbike.. At 50... All new road surface, and it was a gorgeous day too! So, I started 'slalom-ing' (keeping to one lane). Got some right dirty looks.

Meh, car drivers smell!

But yeah, I mean... C'mon! ENOUGH FRIGGIN SPEED CAMERAS!!!!

Chunkers1980

They really need to up the speed limit on Motorways to 80mph and then be really strict on it.

Thewaylander

But i bet you wish it was.

There a pest, i remember tehm stating we are not out to catch you.. next day I drive come round a blind bend (with in the speed limit.. it was blind) and there the sucker was sitting there grinning in his van with a camera.

Swines!

Chaz.Harding

Chunkers1980 wrote:

They really need to up the speed limit on Motorways to 80mph and then not be strict on it.

It's 'common' sense... If there's an empty/ish stretch, then why not go faster...? If it's safe...

Fair enough in heavy traffic / bad weather though.

Andy

MissBint37 wrote:

How annoying is it that the M1 is now full of speed cameras and variable speed limits So not only can I not go above 70

I regularly drive through those average speed cameras. It is alleged that I am technically 'speeding' through them. It is also rumoured that the outside lane of the motorway is not covered by the speed cameras for legal reasons...

Chaz.Harding

Andy wrote:

MissBint37 wrote:

How annoying is it that the M1 is now full of speed cameras and variable speed limits So not only can I not go above 70

I regularly drive through those average speed cameras. It is alleged that I am technically 'speeding' through them. It is also rumoured that the outside lane of the motorway is not covered by the speed cameras for legal reasons...

Drive through them at over 100mph, and keep us informed as to what nice letters the police / DVLA / whoever sends you..?

You can be our BikeRadar speeding guineapig!

Andy

bigchazrocks wrote:

Drive through them at over 100mph, and keep us informed as to what nice letters the police / DVLA / whoever sends you..?

You can be our BikeRadar speeding guineapig!

Still waiting on my letter... 2 years so far. How long should it take?

Chaz.Harding

Andy wrote:

bigchazrocks wrote:

Drive through them at over 100mph, and keep us informed as to what nice letters the police / DVLA / whoever sends you..?

You can be our BikeRadar speeding guineapig!

Still waiting on my letter... 2 years so far. How long should it take?

And you do this regularly...?

:roll:

Hmmmm.....

Andy

Not that fast but I never go 50 in the average speed checks thats for sure.

nicklouse

Non UK plates for the win.



for now.

MissBint37

I did a trip down to Surrey and back last weekend, observed the back of all the gantreys and no cameras. At least on the M25 they actually have cameras....on the M1....nope....just there to annoy.

Some of these are quite bad :evil:
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso.htm

welshkev

it's the same around cardiff and newport. bloody 50 mph zones and average speed cameras. i had to drive to newcastle the other week and spent more time at 50mph than at any other speed!!! :evil:

oh yeah, and i've just been done for speeding again, i had a clean license for all of 4 months!!! :x

MissBint37

Andy wrote:

I regularly drive through those average speed cameras. It is alleged that I am technically 'speeding' through them. It is also rumoured that the outside lane of the motorway is not covered by the speed cameras for legal reasons...

I was told by a reliable source that ones we mostly see now in the roadworks can't get an accurate reading if you change lanes however, the new ones which are starting to be introduced can. The new ones are the ones that have the sensors only on one side of the camera not both!

Andy

MissBint37 wrote:

Some of these are quite bad :evil:
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso.htm

I agree in principal. I also will say I have first hand experience of 4 of them and they are all taken out of context.

MissBint37

http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso4.htm

This is funny though, I was laughing at the cr@pness of some of it. Boss gave me a funny look and now knows I am doing no work....oops!

Andy

I think I might have to make my own speed camera...

MissBint37

Andy wrote:

I think I might have to make my own speed camera...

Where would you put it??

And we will need pics....I think you should get on it be amusing if nothing else!

Andy

I may well do that Miss Bint, I may well indeed.

MissBint37

Andy wrote:

I may well do that Miss Crawshaw, I may well indeed.

:shock: Stalker :shock:

Andy

Huh?

bails87

What a bunch of webbos on that site. "Here's a straight stretch of road with a 40 sign that you can see for ages. Some time after this is a speed camera obscured by a leaf. This is dangerous because drivers breaking the law will want to avoid being punshed for breaking the law and will slam on their brakes." Not the fault of the drivers breaking the law, no, certainly not.

I don't see how anyone caught by a speed camera can complain. If the speed limit signs are ambiguous, or hidden then fair enough. But if you're knowingly commiting an offence, then you can't complain when you get caught for it can you?

And to whoever mentioned relying on driver's common sense.....seriously? I had some guy in a BMW (not Surfmatt ) tailgating me on the motorway, flashing his lights at me the other day because I dared to undertake him. Maybe if he wasn't doing 70 in the 'fast' lane of a fairly emtpy Mway then I wouldn't have undertaken.

Sorry if I seem touchy, but I was nearly squashed by a moron driver last night who then had the cheek to tell me I was in the wrong. Apparently signalling right and moving over towards the centre line is actually an invitation for a driver who's been sitting behind you to drive into your back wheel, not a suggestion that your about to turn right, as you may have thought. :roll:

nicklouse

LOL

just found the jacket.

Chrissz

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Am I in the right place :?:

This seems to be a thread where people (a) admit to driving cars and (b) admit to the most despicable practice of speeding :!:

NO-ONE has got on their high horse and got al morally righteous about it yet :?:

I'm guessing they're all over in P&L discussing carp

MissBint37

Andy wrote:

Huh?

As in how do you know my last name????

bails87

MissBint37 wrote:

Andy wrote:

Huh?

As in how do you know my last name????

It has been said that Andy is an epic Facebook stalker.....

EDIT: Actually, that was pretty easy. I would send a friend request (because coolness is obviously determined by the number of FB friends you have), but I'm scared of rejection

If you're going to leave email addresses lying around it's going to be easy to find you!

bails87

MissBint37 wrote:

Andy wrote:

I may well do that Miss C_______, I may well indeed.

:shock: Stalker :shock:

I like how you quoted your own surname, meaning it's now public FOR EVARS!

Andy

MissBint37 wrote:

Andy wrote:

Huh?

As in how do you know my last name????

It's on that certificate you've got on the fire place.

Chunkers1980

Coolness is actually inversly related to how many FB friend you have.

Thewaylander

then i'm uber cool as no one likes me on facebook

Andy

Thewaylander wrote:

then i'm uber cool as no one likes me. Not even on facebook