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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:12 pm Post subject: 14,500 Drivers Caught By A13 Cameras |
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Over 14,500 speeding drivers have been caught by a set of speed cameras on the A13 in Essex. The cameras run between the Grays and Wennington junctions and were installed in April 2015.
A Freedom of Information request reveals that there have been 14,537 motorists caught on the stretch by the average speed cameras.
Highways England commented: "There's been a 50mph speed limit on the A13 though its junction with the M25 since January 2015. It is clearly signed and many thousands of drivers use it every day without being caught out."
A significant amount of people are either ignorant of how these cameras work (including foreign drivers), lose concentration or blatantly ignore the speed limit. It's likely that many believe that the cameras are not actually switched on.
For those that don't know, simply put, pairs of cameras monitor a stretch of road. The first of the pair spot your number plate and start a timer. The second camera spots your number plate again when you complete that stretch and makes a calculation. It measures your average speed over the stretch and then compares it to the allowed speed.
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14888 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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130 weeks since installation. Say 100 a week. Bearing in mind the volume of traffic on that route, that’s a very small haul. It would be interesting to hear how many of them were foreigners - I suspect quite a high majority. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7037 Location: Reading
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Which presumably means the fines won't get paid. _________________ Satnav:
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Kremmen wrote: | Which presumably means the fines won't get paid. |
If I remember correctly, it depends which country they're from and what arrangements we have with them. _________________ Robert Brady |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:23 am Post subject: |
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I thought that they had changed the rules recently, but not sure how. Probably means that EU countries can chase us, but we can't chase them. |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:39 am Post subject: |
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+1 _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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They should be fined at the point of exit. No fee then the truck gets impounded.
I should be transport minister _________________ Satnav:
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