Speed Traps!!

[WINGY]

Lancs police are having a major crackdown this week on speeding.
There are aroud 160 speed traps to be set up this week around Lancashire, for some reason they have published the areas??? Apparently Exclusively to Rock FM.... so here thay are:-



Watch out  the trappers are about!

In a bid to crackdown on people speeding the police are out in force all week in Lancashire with their mobile radar traps. But so you dont get caught out  we have got a list of all the sites theyll be using...

However, although it is the most up to date information supplied by the Lancashire Partnership For Road Safety it is not exhaustive so if you get caught by a camera not on this list, it's not our fault and lets be honest you really shouldn't have been speeding anyway.

The sites are

BLACKBURN

Accrington Road, BlackburnBank Top, BlackburnBelmont Road, BelmontBelmont Road, DarwenBlackburn Road, DarwenBlakewater Road, BlackburnBolton Road, DarwenBuncer Lane, BlackburnEast Park Road, BlackburnHaslingden Road, BlackburnPleckgate Road, BlackburnPreston New Road, BlackburnPreston New Road, SamlesburyRevidge Road, BlackburnShadsworth Road, BlackburnWhalley Old Road, BlackburnWhalley Road, Read



BLACKPOOL

A5099, Central Drive, BlackpoolA5230, Squires Gate Lane, BlackpoolA586, Westcliffe Drive, BlackpoolA587, St. Walburgas Road, BlackpoolAnsdell, BlackpoolB5262, Lytham Road, BlackpoolChurch Street/Newton Drive, BlackpoolDevonshire Road, BlackpoolDickson Road, BlackpoolFleetwood Road, BlackpoolHawes Side Lane, BlackpoolMarton Drive, BlackpoolTalbot Road, BlackpoolWaterloo Road, Blackpool



BURNLEY

A646, Rossendale Road, BurnleyA682, Manchester Road, DunnockshawBurnley Road, BriercliffeC660, Brunshaw Road, BurnleyC662, Briercliffe Road, BurnleyLiverpool Road, BurnleyManchester Road, HaptonPendle Way, BurnleySycamore Avenue, Burnley



CHORLEY

Bolton Road, Abbey VillageBolton Road, ChorleyBolton Road, WithnellEaves Lane, ChorleyMoor Road, ChorleyPall Mall, ChorleyRailway Road, AdlingtonRunshaw Lane, EuxtonSouthport Road, ChorleySouthport Road, Ulnes WaltonSpendmore Lane, CoppullThe Green, EcclestonWigan Road, Euxton

FYLDE

A583 Scales Cottage, Blackpool Road, NewtonA583, Blackpool Road, CliftonA583, HM Prison, KirkhamA584, Lytham Road, WartonBallam Road, LythamClifton Drive, St. AnnesMarton Drive, KirkhamPreston Street, KirkhamSt. Davids Road North, St. AnnesStation Road, SingletonWeeton Village



HYNDBURN

Blackburn Road, AccringtonHigh Street, Rishton



LANCASTER

A6, Bolton Le SandsA65, Kirkby LonsdaleAshton Road, LancasterBay Horse Road, GalgateBroadway, MorecambeEast Road/Quernmore Road, LancasterGreaves Road, LancasterHeysham Road, MorecambeKellet Road, CarnforthLancaster Road, CockerhamLow Road, HaltonMain Road, Nether KelletMelling Road, HornbyMorecambe Road, LancasterMorecambe Road, MorecambeRegent Road, MorecambeScotforth Road, LancasterTorrisholme Road, Lancaster



PENDLE

A56, Colne Road, EarbyA6068 Barrowford Road, BarrowfordA6068, Keighley Road, ColneA682, Gisburn Road, BarrowfordA682, Gisburn Road, BlackoB6053, Cotton Tree Lane, ColneB6383, Kelbrook Road, BarnoldswickBurnley Road, ColneColne Road, BrierfieldHalifax Road, BrierfieldNetherfield Road, NelsonWheatley Lane, Barrowford



PRESTON

Cottam WayGarstang Road, Near MotorwayInglewhite RoadNavigation WayPreston New Road, SamlesburyPreston Road, GrimsarghPreston Road, LongridgeRibbleton Hall DriveSt. Vincents RoadWhittingham Lane, CumeraghWhittingham Lane, Goosnargh

[Doug]

Cheers Wingy, We have a staff of over 70 lady drivers flying around Blackpool Wyre and Fylde under pressure to get to there clients. I'm sure they would appreciate the advance warning.

[Ceejache]

160 speed traps - so thats 160 less coppers keeping crime off the streets or investigating previous crimes then?! Nice.......

Not content with dumping concrete onto our roads every 20 metres and calling them 'speed bumps' AND the vast number of speed cameras we have to endure we now have this foisted on us?

After witnessing the woeful lack of road safety displayed by many kids in my area over the last three weeks it has made me wonder what percentage of road accidents involving pedestrian youngsters has actually been the fault of the driver. I have witnessed (on a regular basis) children lying in the middle of the road, playing cricket right next to Burnley Rd during rush hour, continuing to play ball games until the last possible second, walking out of the way of cars as slow as possible etc. etc. to be honest I have seen similar staggeringly unbelievable antics from adults as well.

[Sparkologist]

Originally Posted by Ceejache

160 speed traps - so thats 160 less coppers keeping crime off the streets or investigating previous crimes then?! Nice.......

If only the maths were that simple.
Very often, there is a speed trap set up on Henry Street, Church, close to where I work. One lunchtime, I counted eight police officers enforcing the speedtrap and a total of five vehicles being used; I feel that this is a total waste of police resources. Is there any wonder that so much petty crime goes unsolved and unpunished whilst the police are sat waiting for an easy catch, as the crime comes to them?

[Darby]

Speed traps give the police a respite from paperwork...it's all automated!!!

[Bazf]

A total of 142,500 drivers were stung for straying over the speed limit between April 2003 and March 2004, according to figures released by the county's Central Ticket Office.
From the multi-million pound pot, £3.4m was used to cover running costs of Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety which oversees the county's speed cameras . The remaining £1.7m was profit.
The figures, which are yet to be scrutinised by the Audit Commission, were released as the Lancashire Police Authority discussed plans to arm civilians with laser cameras.
Under the Community Roadwatch Scheme members of the public will be armed with laser cameras and pass details of speeding drivers to their local road policing unit who will issue warning letters.
Volunteers have already come forward to take part in the scheme which will be launched later this year.


I thought we fought a war in 1939-45 to stop this form of dictatorship sounds like what the nazis did to the jews.

[Ceejache]

What the hell is this s**t all about! I'd like to see them try and arm civilians with frickin' laser cameras - there would be uproar and plenty more assault cases for the police to deal with!

This added to the growing number of CCTV cameras and ID cards makes me worrying that we are "sleepwalking into the age of the 'big brother' state" to qoute some guy on the news last night).

[Perran]

To late!

Most of the "safety vehicles" active on the speed traps are already manned by civilian personnel. If you notice none of the Ford Galaxies used for the traps have blue lights, instead they are orange. Also they can nab you before the portable trap signs due to the camera signs mounted on the street lamps etc.

Also the scheme is not new, I was speed tested outside Peel Park School a few mths since by 2 civilians with a gun and a notepad! Never heard anything but I was only doing 25 in a 20 thank goodness. Got 6 points already due to the beggars so I now drive carefully!

[WINGY]

I've just got one through too grrrrrrr.

Traveling from Hapton into Padiham near Blythes. 40 in a 30, thats 3 points and £60.

[Sparkologist]

You're not the only one Wingy.
Arkers borrowed his Old Man's Volvo estate a couple of weeks ago, he'd only gone 400 yards from the house, and thinks he might have got nicked at the same point. He's still waiting to see if an unwelcome envelope drops on the door mat.

[WINGY]

If it was friday afternoon 3 weeks ago it was prob the same guy.

I was just passed Arkers parents house gouing down, taking Revo home from Crown, think it was about 1:30. If it was the same day he should have heard by now.

My ticket was in work in 7 days, sent off again and i've recieved my copy last week. Not best pleased but hey, i was speading so i pay the price, ba hum bug

[Bazf]

Ceejache its from a news artical http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/View...ticleID=825458 The best thing about the USA is Radar Detectors but I dont know if its the same system in the UK.

[Ceejache]

Sorry if you thought I was questioning the validity of your post Bazf, its just the downright cheek of the authorities to now get our fellow man/woman to turn grass for minor speed violations that makes me ask "What the hell is going on?"!

Rest assured - if I see any of these civilian busybodies on their powertrip then they'll get a mouthful from me as we have enough to watch out for whilst driving without having to look for 'Coppers Narks' hiding behind bushes.

[Darby]

Originally Posted by Ceejache

Sorry if you thought I was questioning the validity of your post Bazf, its just the downright cheek of the authorities to now get our fellow man/woman to turn grass for minor speed violations that makes me ask "What the hell is going on?"!

Rest assured - if I see any of these civilian busybodies on their powertrip then they'll get a mouthful from me as we have enough to watch out for whilst driving without having to look for 'Coppers Narks' hiding behind bushes.

Its a very sinister practice and one that is quite reminiscent of George Orwells 1984 or Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury I think).

It is revolutionary socialism to a tee!!

They know all about such things in this part of Germany (East), and believe me it 'aint funny!!

Next will come the "Newspeak" and then Thought Control (but we've seen a bit of that now and again). Stay vigilant Ceejache :engsmil:

[Bazf]

Ceejache I didnt think you were doubting it I thought you might like to look at the whole artical. I just get annoyed to find theres enough idiots out there that think a laser gun will give them power over fellow humanbeings and when coppers get such good pay and only do half a job, crime increases and they concentrate on people speeding,I supose its the safe alternative.