Speed Cameras

[Roy]

Just found this website which shows all of hyndburns speed camera locations.

http://www.safe2travel.co.uk/cameras...tails.asp?l=hy

Be careful out there....  

[adi]

Cheers Roy - just hope the Website is upto date!!!!

;D

[HarryX]

Drive legally and stick to speed limits, Then it doesn't really matter where the cameras are does it

[adi]

thats very true HarryX.

but youv'e to watch out for so many things when your driving without having to see all the idiots slam on as they approach a speed camara.

[HarryX]

When they slam on they slow down to the speed your legally doing.. So no problem

As someone who drives a 2 litre Diesal Astra I can safely say that driving at 30mph is a royal PITA!

[adi]

i know HarryX - but your instant reaction is to brake aswell.

as for the speed camera's themselves - do you not think that half of them are in pointless places?

such as the one near Oswaldtwistle Mill - i mean even when the Mills is semi-busy its a nightmare getting on the Car Park so the traffic on the main road is less than 30 mph anyway - so what's the point in the camera being there?

[HarryX]

Yeagh I have seen daft ones and I ahve seen really dangerous ones as well.. Such as just round a bend.. If your going with the flow of traffic (speeders excuse) and the car in front goes around a sharp bend and sees the camera he will automatically slam on before even checking his speed... Your next round the bend and WHAM!

On the way to Burscough last season.. through country lanes.... I rounded a sharp bend and slammed on when I saw it... Good job there was nowt behind me..

On the whole though... Keep to legal speeds.. know your speed.. and nothing wrong IMHO

[adi]

know exactly what you mean.

i think most 'sensible drivers' can admit to driving over the speed limit at some point during the week though.

myself included!

[HarryX]

My wife or eldest tend to keep an eye on me... tell me when I go over...

I wasn't suggesting I don't do it.. Only that its hard to complain about speed cameras if the answer is stay legal and there not so much of a problem..

I dont think people should drink to access... But I do hehehe NOT driving.. sheesh.. I mean I can say things are wrong even though I do them IYSWIM

[adi]

i knew what you meant HarryX - i wasnt taking it out of context.

im just not a fan of the Zero Tolerance brigade who say that if your driving at 32mph then youve broken the law and three points on your licence with an added bonus of a £60 fine.

i just think that the majority of speed camera's are to catch unsuspecting motorists rather than to reduce the number of accidents etc.

[HarryX]

haa zero tollerance is a different story...

I am not apposed to speed cameras to be honest.. However I read recently about the limits they set on them and how it started as (example 30mph area) 40 then 35 and then 32 and some areas its now anythign over 30.. I think there should be some leeway...

After all the object is to slow people down and make the roads safer.. not get as many speeders as you can

[adi]

thats true HarryX.

but whilst they are raking in so much money i cant see it changing.

in fact we are probably going to see a lot more pop up in the coming months/years.

[Caz]

Seems to me that they are placed to produce the most revenue, not necessarily where there have been accidents, or there is the potential for them.

Where I live there is a strange 3 way junction, and cars come speeding round there like there's no tomorrow. I can hear them screeching to a halt constantly. Can't believe there hasn't been a bad accident there yet.  >

[Caz]

Who has the finally say about these cameras and where they go anyway? Is it the Police or local councils?

[littlemo]

I think they should be banned and all the money spent on them put into increase the size of the police force, not all accidents are caused by speeding!