c0tt0nt0p
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I was thinking more when they were active....the odd thing about that camera is that its in the central reservation facing the wrong way (north, down the hill). I'd never seen one facing that way before...
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Examples of poor driving you have witnessed!
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Gramaisc
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Was it not adjustable in direction, hence the markings in both directions?
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Laurie61
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That's what I thought but I have not seen it pointing up the hill. Much more likley to catch a few errant motorists on a down hill stretch.
Gramaisc
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There was a survey before the installation - I was told that the highest speed recorded was rather more than 100mph and was actually in the uphill direction, though, of course, you haven't reached much of an upward slope at that point.
joshua
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I'm sure that in the days before scamerers slightly greater speeds were achieved, especially downhill
c0tt0nt0p
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Wrong place as in the cameras are designed to film to the right.....having it in the central reservation is the "wrong place".
A well done to the genius I was behind on Radford bank just 
White corsa (YC60 AZP) behind another car that stopped at the lights about to go up Radford bank for this driver to suddenly decide they didn't want to wait and went passed the car in front and through the lights on red while somebody was using the lights to cross to road
White corsa (YC60 AZP) behind another car that stopped at the lights about to go up Radford bank for this driver to suddenly decide they didn't want to wait and went passed the car in front and through the lights on red while somebody was using the lights to cross to road
tek-monkey
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A well done to the genius I was behind on Radford bank just
White corsa (YC60 AZP) behind another car that stopped at the lights about to go up Radford bank for this driver to suddenly decide they didn't want to wait and went passed the car in front and through the lights on red while somebody was using the lights to cross to road
Don't suppose you have a dash cam? Police would love such an easy conviction, even less work than a speed camera!
staffordjas
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As I was waiting to cross over the pelican crossings by Lloyds bank, the usual 4 -5 cars went through on amber and red. Little green man came on for me to cross.....Then the female in a black car with 'Learner' plates on started to slow down for the red lights, passenger said something to her, so she floored it through. Great way to be taught to drive!
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Start as you mean to go on, I should think?As I was waiting to cross over the pelican crossings by Lloyds bank, the usual 4 -5 cars went through on amber and red. Little green man came on for me to cross.....Then the female in a black car with 'Learner' plates on started to slow down for the red lights, passenger said something to her, so she floored it through. Great way to be taught to drive!
staffordjas
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I'd love to see the examiners face if she did that on her test . Expecting to come to a stop and suddenly....vroooom!
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
She'd pass the pedestrian targeting part of the test with flying colours. The only thing that could get her higher marks is if she did it whole driving through a deep puddle.
Gramaisc
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Today, I deliberately ran a red light.
I probably could have stopped easily enough, but there was neither a pedestrian nor a vehicle that looked like it might be about to start off early and the Audi that was inches off my rear bumper clearly had not given any consideration to the possibility of stopping.
To be fair to him, it turned out that there was another Audi right up behind him, so he may have been through the same risk assessment process as I had.
I probably could have stopped easily enough, but there was neither a pedestrian nor a vehicle that looked like it might be about to start off early and the Audi that was inches off my rear bumper clearly had not given any consideration to the possibility of stopping.
To be fair to him, it turned out that there was another Audi right up behind him, so he may have been through the same risk assessment process as I had.
