Signs that show your speed.

Strider590

They always seem to flash at me when im actually doing the posted speed limit, in which case you'll see me defiantly giving them the middle finger.

prowla

Strider590 wrote: »

They always seem to flash at me when im actually doing the posted speed limit, in which case you'll see me defiantly giving them the middle finger.

It happened to me today - if they are set up to do that then they will just encourage people to ignore them (like the motorway fog warning lights).

Strider590

prowla wrote: »

It happened to me today - if they are set up to do that then they will just encourage people to ignore them (like the motorway fog warning lights).

Exactly, and they always seem to be set by the yocals in whatever village they reside, to flash you at anything over 25mph..... In fact there's one I recall over near Sutton Coldfield, which flashed me doing 22-23mph after i'd stopped for a bus, but did not flash me at 20mph in the same circumstances around 1 week later.

thor

worried_jim wrote: »

Not so good for all the chavs who spend all Saturday night who can post the fastest speed.
I remember years ago when they had the first one on the M1 in the road works in Nottinghamshire and they had to take it down as all the local bikers were whizzing through to see who cold post the fastest time and to calibrate their speedos.

Maybe they should only flash up the speed limit instead of the actual speed the car is doing like they do where I live. It may not stop the persistent speeders but at least it will stop idiots from being able to show off.

Sharon87

Mr_Thrifty wrote: »

The driver must really have been tanking it, according to the speedo, then.

Not really. the actual speed was only 70mph, but the car speedo said 85mph, that's how inaccurate the car one was!

wba31

As said before, people dont slam the breaks on like they do a speed camera so they could be safer.

I drove down the A41 Black Country Route between Wednesbury and Great Bridge yesterday, and leant against the bottom of the speed camera was a "serious incident here" witness request sign, and unfortunately a number of bouquets of flowers.

Stephen_Leak

Well, the automatic actual speed and speed limit signs work with me, even if it may be for the wrong reason. I "play" with them to see how accurate they are. Therefore. I'm doing the right speed. It always strikes me as a nice bit of reverse psychology.

Stephen_Leak

sarahg1969 wrote: »

I hate the fact that you sometimes see them outside schools, and they "smile" at people doing exactly the speed limit - 30 or 40 - while there are loads of children and parents' cars and buses around.

If the limit is 30 or 40, and not a temporary 20, then they are doing exactly what they're programmed to do.

jaydeeuk1

I generally ignore them. They're so badly calibrated near me, (my speedo and GPS is 25, it flashes me at 31).

Better off sticking average speed cameras in all 30 zones - more lenient than a simple gatso as you can correct any errors over distance.

art_for_arts_sake

Sharon87 wrote: »

Not really. the actual speed was only 70mph, but the car speedo said 85mph, that's how inaccurate the car one was!

Gotcha! I've never seen one of these signs on a dual carriageway, only a single carriageway where the speed limit is 60 mph, so you must have been speeding anyway.