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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vicz wrote:
So will those previously convicted by the 40mph cameras get their money back, so long as they were going under 50?


doubt it very much. likewise you cannot be prosecuted for something if it was made illegal after you did it. gotta work the same both ways.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BigPerk wrote:
This business about the awareness courses ... yes they make money (it's even nice to know some ex-coppers are entrepreneurs Wink ); BUT doesn't it make good sense to give speeders ONE opportunity to get the point ( Rolling Eyes ) - but is the tax payer or some charity supposed to pay for the costs of the course instead of the offender?

Can these cynics suggest some other realistic alternative to a straight 3 points + £60? And I'm not thinking of a total amnesty on camera busters:?

I think you should get a 1 point credit for every year of law abiding motoring up to a max of 3 points. These credits could then be offset against the occasional misdemeanour. So in effect you could have one minor lapse every 3 years without getting any points or having to go on an awareness course.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I think you should get a 1 point credit for every year of law abiding motoring up to a max of 3 points. These credits could then be offset against the occasional misdemeanour. So in effect you could have one minor lapse every 3 years without getting any points or having to go on an awareness course.


3 points is no big deal, most insurers will not be bothered about that so there's no problem, is there. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought speeding infringements came off after 3 years anyway (or is it five?).
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's four years.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/EndorsementsAndDisqualifications/DG_10022425
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But most insurers still want to know at least 5 years back.
And they can declare the insurance null and void if you lied in any of your answers.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive been waiting for these cameras to go live for a year now-i wonder if people are still speeding through them though unaware theyve changed

used to get so many idiots on that road
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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ive been waiting for these cameras to go live for a year now-i wonder if people are still speeding through them though unaware theyve changed

Almost certainly some will. I'm frequently passed by drivers tooling along at 70+ through SPECS zones, clearly oblivious to what they do and what 'average speed' means!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cant wait to go down there will be an interesting journey
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would be interesting to make a freedom of information inquiry to find out how many have been caught in the first few days - quite a few passed me on the stretch from the thingy tunnel to the North Circular yesterday.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It would be interesting to make a freedom of information inquiry to find out how many have been caught in the first few days - quite a few passed me on the stretch from the thingy tunnel to the North Circular yesterday.


can we do that dennis? is it free
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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DennisN wrote:
It would be interesting to make a freedom of information inquiry to find out how many have been caught in the first few days - quite a few passed me on the stretch from the thingy tunnel to the North Circular yesterday.


can we do that dennis? is it free


I dunno. I think so. you could try here - Search for Highways Agency who I presume are responsible for that road. Maybe they'd pass you to the camera operators?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:15 pm    Post subject: A13 Reply with quote

Live in middle of this stretch of camara's with a built in satnav it now starts 'singing' as soon as i start the car
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If anyones been along there the last few evenings about 6ish the traffics been dreadful. The cameras wouldnt have been getting any 'customers' at all!!!

Also I understood the cameras were wireless & they could also catch you even if you went down the slip roads along the A13.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The reason the area is described as having 84 cameras is that there are cameras on the slip roads too. Although I have to say I'd expect you to have some difficulty running at over average 50 if you pop down the slip roads and back up again.
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