Speeding Tickets

[Saul Goodman]

You sad bastard.

Fuck off you dick.

 

[strung out]

Fuck off you dick.

I'm not the one who spent the afternoon calling twelve mates to ask them if they knew what a dual carriageway was.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'm not the one who spent the afternoon calling twelve mates to ask them if they knew what a dual carriageway was.

Too busy interfering with animals?

 

[Spymaster]

That's the one.

Edit. Lansdown Lane apparently.

This Bath road has the fourth most active speed camera in the UK...

This road has the fourth most active speed camera in the UK

5,896 motorists have been caught so far in 2018

www.somersetlive.co.uk

So you have to wonder why it’s so active. Either Bath drivers are the biggest morons in the country or there’s something going on with that bit of road. The camera doesn’t look to be hidden so it suggests that motorists are passing it unaware of the limit, which points to bad signage. Then you have to ask why Avon and Somerset have four of the ten most active cameras in the country, three of which are on motorways.

 

[Pickman's model]

So you have to wonder why it’s so active. Either Bath drivers are the biggest morons in the country or there’s something going on with that bit of road. The camera doesn’t look to be hidden so it suggests that motorists are passing it unaware of the limit, which points to bad signage. Then you have to ask why Avon and Somerset have four of the ten most active cameras in the country, three of which are on motorways.

marty21 may be able to offer an informed opinion of bath drivers

 

[Spymaster]

Either Bath drivers are the biggest morons in the country or there’s something going on with that bit of road. The camera doesn’t look to be hidden so it suggests that motorists are passing it unaware of the limit, which points to bad signage.

Actually, coming down the hill it does go from the NSL to 20 but it's hard to argue with this, to be fair:



Which indictes that Bath drivers are indeed dickheads!

 

[teuchter]

It also shows how, when you hear drivers moaning about "hidden" speed limits and cameras, you can assume they are almost certainly talking a load of complete nonsense.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It also shows how, when you hear drivers moaning about "hidden" speed limits and cameras, you can assume they are almost certainly talking a load of complete nonsense.

Quite. Can anyone give an example of a “hidden” camera, one where the limit sign is obscured?

 

[Spymaster]

Quite. Can anyone give an example of a “hidden” camera, one where the limit sign is obscured?

Fixed or mobile?

Mobile ones are pretty much always concealed whereas most of the fixed ones have been culled.

 

[existentialist]

Quite. Can anyone give an example of a “hidden” camera, one where the limit sign is obscured?

I've seen quite a few roadsigns (not cameras) where vegetation has grown across to cover most or all of the sign. There was a case a few years ago where someone successfully appealed his conviction, after he went back and photographed the signs obscured by leaves.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fixed or mobile?

Mobile ones are pretty much always concealed whereas most of the fixed ones have been culled.

No, not the camera. The limit sign. Because why would it matter to any law abiding motorist if the camera was hidden?

I'm sick of drivers whinging that they "didn't know" a limit had changed. There are signs. Big round ones with numbers in. Nice and clear.

 

[Spymaster]

I've seen quite a few roadsigns (not cameras) where vegetation has grown across to cover most or all of the sign. There was a case a few years ago where someone successfully appealed his conviction, after he went back and photographed the signs obscured by leaves.

It's quite common, as is the sly sighting of cameras behind trees/signs etc. Unsurprising that cyclists are unaware of them though.

One that springs to mind immediately was on the Camden Road, but I believe this has recently been removed after a campaign ...

Three lanes of traffic, one way up the hill



As you come under the tree ...



Surely if you want to slow traffic down you put the camera in front of the tree where it can be seen? If you want to catch people out and generate revenue, hide it behind.

 

[WouldBe]

It's quite common, as is the sly sighting of cameras behind trees/signs etc. Unsurprising that cyclists are unaware of them though.

One that springs to mind immediately was on the Camden Road, but I believe this has recently been removed after a campaign ...

Three lanes of traffic, one way up the hill

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As you come under the tree ...

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Surely if you want to slow traffic down you put the camera in front of the tree where it can be seen? If you want to catch people out and generate revenue, hide it behind.

Stick to the speed limit and it doesn't matter where the camera is.

 

[Spymaster]

Stick to the speed limit and it doesn't matter where the camera is.

Of course. I was responding to teuchter who doesn't seem to believe hidden cameras exist. It is also the case that signage is also often obscured/absent though I've no idea why that Bath camera is catching so many people.

 

[teuchter]

Nah, I didn't say that hidden cameras didn't exist. I said that when you hear drivers moaning about them, they are almost certainly talking a load of rubbish. As has been demonstrated on this very thread, including Spymaster's post above.

 

[Spymaster]

Nah, I didn't say that hidden cameras didn't exist. I said that when you hear drivers moaning about them, they are almost certainly talking a load of rubbish. As has been demonstrated on this very thread, including Spymaster's post above.

I don't see anyone moaning about them. Most just seem to hold their hands up. Personally I try to be meticulous in knowing what the limits and road set-ups that I drive on are so when I do speed on them I don't get caught. That's doubly important when you're pissed half the time.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I don't see anyone moaning about them. Most just seem to hold their hands up. Personally I try to be meticulous in knowing what the limits and road set-ups that I drive on are so when I do speed on them I don't get caught. That's doubly important when you're pissed half the time.

My German tickets each come with a frontal photo, always a bit embarrassing if the bong is visible...

 

[T & P]

My German tickets each come with a frontal photo, always a bit embarrassing if the bong is visible...

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Ah, if only you'd been using a right-hand drive car you could have done what that cheeky British driver was doing a few years ago and tease the German authorities by placing a muppet on the left-side seat...

German traffic cops angered by British driver who mocks traffic cams with a Muppet

Someone in Germany is driving an automobile built for UK roads and has installed a Muppet in the passenger seat. The speed cameras in Germany are made to take photos…

boingboing.net

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Ah, if only you'd been using a left-hand drive car you could have done what that cheeky British driver was doing a few years ago and tease the German authorities by placing a muppet in the left-side seat...

German traffic cops angered by British driver who mocks traffic cams with a Muppet

Someone in Germany is driving an automobile built for UK roads and has installed a Muppet in the passenger seat. The speed cameras in Germany are made to take photos…

boingboing.net

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Audi driver too, *wipes tear from eyes

 

[A380]