Big yellow speed cameras

[Kompany Car]

Shame it also doesn’t do knobheads with modified exhausts. Or those who love throwing fast food wrappers and energy drink cans out of their windows.

 

[m7mcfc]

There's one on the a34 heading out of cheadle before the john lewis roundabout

There are cameras everywhere on the A34. APNR ones too.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

One of these near me got cut down with a Stihl saw last week.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

It absolutely isn't.

The biggest factor is lack of attention/experience/speed and lack of patience. The road environment is which includes the weather is way down any list you can find.

Personally, I think these are great if the educate at least some small proportion of the idiots on the road.

You are of course correct that carelessness is the biggest factor but road crashes increase significantly during bad weather (perhaps because more drivers are careless in bad conditions) The point I was trying to make clumsily was that the positive affect of cameras has been exaggerated by the people who run the cameras. There is a huge problem with people tailgating and speeding and police numbers have been drastically cut so this is not being tackled. The person who told me this was a senior police officer so I have no reason to doubt him. My point about the risk of poor lighting and potholes remains.

 

[East Level 2]

Aren’t speed cameras positioned where there have been a certain amount of accidents?

If it was all about revenue, there’d be loads on roads next to motorways where drivers are getting used to slower speeds and at the bottom of every steepish hill.

They are positioned where that have been a certain number of incidents, but the incidents don't have to be speed related.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Alan Turing Way looks a dead cert for a few.

 

[Zuriblue]

Alan Turing Way looks a dead cert for a few.

More like the Fulham Road. They’ll do anything for 3 points.

 

[gaz76]

There are cameras everywhere on the A34. APNR ones too.

Pretty sure this is a new one

 

[bluesince76]

Shame it also doesn’t do knobheads with modified exhausts. Or those who love throwing fast food wrappers and energy drink cans out of their windows.

There has been a trial of cameras that do that. Will probably be rolled into other cameras like this one, as more sense to have one that does several things than several different cameras

 

[Elbow beards]

Simple really, stick to the speed limit.