Speed Camera Sites

[Ianto.W.]

My late father said, a motor car should be driven by the seat of your pants, it tells you when to change gear, when the engine is labouring you can feel it on your backside, as jambutty said it is basicly experience and attention to the task in hand, today there are to many in car distractions, and there are far to many speed traps.

[silvermain]

Originally Posted by Mancie

did you ever stop to think that if people didn't speed over the limit we might save lives rather than 60 quid ?

Mancie are you trying to tell me you have never gone over the limit at all? If so what a load of bullocks. And look at me surronded by angels saying oh its your own fault, i never spedd etc etc.I dont believe you if you say you havent everyone as at some point. And i aint bitching about it as its her license not mine just wondering if people knew of anymore out there and thought it might prove useful to other users on here. Only place id speed is on the motorway and thats if my car could speed

[chav1]

remember folks if your speeding with your eyes closed it dosnt count

[jaysay]

I have to say that I was never been done for speeding, or should i say never got caught that is, except once. Unfortuneatly I dont drive now, but the one time I got pulled was back in the 70s, well before speed cameras. I was on my way to Chorely in the works van and was travelling down the duel carriage way into the town when a cop jumpt out in front of me with his had up, he was lucky really. I stopped and he told me I was doing 38 in a 30 mile zone, I said I didn't realise it was was 30 mile zone on a duel carriage way, he said that ignorance was no excuse and gave me a ticket. I went home that night and wrote a grovelling letter to the chief constable of Chorley and hoped for the best. Some three weeks later I got a reply saying that on this occasion no futher action would be taked, but the offence would stay on the file and would be used if I ofended again. I didn't and it hasn't

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by jambutty

Thanks WillowTheWhisp.

Any driver worthy of the name should be able to judge his/her speed without constantly looking at the speedo, especially at 30 mph. Well they should if they are ‘in tune’ with the car. I don’t know about anyone else but I can ‘feel’ the speed at 30 mph. There is a car vibration ‘feel’ about travelling at 30 mph in top or next to top gear. There is a different ‘feel’ about my car at different speeds even with the radio/DVD player belting out my driving music.

I can understand that you can tell the difference between 30mph and 40 or 50mph but can you honestly tell if your speed has crept up slightly? If you're going along at 30mph and everyone is overtaking you, can you really tell if you creep up to 32 or 35? I must admit I'm not actually driving but as a passenger in our car I honestly can't say that 32 or even 35 feels any different to 30mph. That's why speed can crep up on people without them noticing. I don't think speeding fines are appropriate for a few miles over - what does work better are those signs which light up telling you that you're doing 35 and it should be 30.

Originally Posted by jaysay

I said I didn't realise it was was 30 mile zone on a duel carriage way, he said that ignorance was no excuse and gave me a ticket.

Isn't it something to do with whether it's a residential area or not?

[chav1]

Originally Posted by jaysay
I said I didn't realise it was was 30 mile zone on a duel carriage way, he said that ignorance was no excuse and gave me a ticket.

i can think of one dual carrage way that i usd to use a lot where the trees ,bushes etc had over grown to the extent they covered the 30mp sighn and if you can prove this you have grounds to appeal and get the ticket quashed , usualy a photo will do

the council are supposed to maintain trees , bushes etc so that all roadsighns and speed cameras are visable to motorists

[jambutty]

How can a pedestrian cop without any equipment prove what speed you were travelling at jaysay? He can’t unless it is excessively over the limit and even then he can’t quote a figure. I think that he saw you coming and was looking for Brownie points, knowing that most motorists (in the 70’s) wouldn’t argue with a cop. You got let off, because the police would not be able to PROVE in court what your speed was – it was only a cop’s opinion and that isn’t proof. However grovelling letters can lessen any sentence especially if it includes something to the effect that you have learned to be more aware of your speed and will in future conform to any speed limits.

No I cannot tell if my speed has crept up a few miles per hour WillowTheWhisp BUT I am aware that it can happen and being aware I look out for it happening. Like down an incline or being ‘pushed’ by the traffic flow.

According to the Highway Code at www.highwaycode.gov.uk/ built up areas where there are street lights usually means 30 mph speed limit unless there are signs showing another limit.

[chav1]

have you been on the road between rishton and great harwood it cracks me up how there is a 50mph sighn then 100 yars or even less there is a 30mph sighn

anyone new to the area could see teh 50 sighn and by teh tiem they spot teh 30 sighn be speeding because they wernt allerted in time

also this is where mobile speed units like to hide becaue of that very reason , near the pub but i cant recall its name

its practicaly entrapment

[harwood red]

Originally Posted by chav1

have you been on the road between rishton and great harwood it cracks me up how there is a 50mph sighn then 100 yars or even less there is a 30mph sighn

anyone new to the area could see teh 50 sighn and by teh tiem they spot teh 30 sighn be speeding because they wernt allerted in time

also this is where mobile speed units like to hide becaue of that very reason , near the pub but i cant recall its name

its practicaly entrapment

The pub you're talking about is harwoods, more a restaurant nowadays. i do know of a couple of people who have been done there in the past but not lately.

A bad one is brownhill drive where it goes from a 50 to a 40 then 30 in less than 100 yards...!

[chav1]

thats what i mean teh locals knw about thse idiotic sighns but people passing through are very vulnerable to surprise fines and points

[harwood red]

It's amazing but most people tend to get caught when it comes to mobile traps nearer to their homes as you get more complacent as you know the roads so well and maybe aren't as on the ball..

As I found out a few weeks ago