Speeding cameras

neilmcl

interstellaflyer wrote: »

I know plenty of rural areas with 30mph speed limits, no street lighting and repeater signs often obstructed by vegetation.

How do you know its a 30mph limit then?

interstellaflyer

neilmcl wrote: »

How do you know its a 30mph limit then?

Being local, I know those roads well, it doesn't take a genius to work that one out.

neilmcl

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Being local, I know those roads well, it doesn't take a genius to work that one out.

Local or not, something must have informed you what the speed limit on these roads was.

GabbaGabbaHey

VeryMan wrote: »

Is there a map to check where there are speed cameras at the road I am passing by near my area?

Although it's designed for submitting speed camera sightings to be added in to their database, you can also check for known speed camera locations (mobile as well as fixed) on the PocketGPSWorld site at:

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Cameras&op=SubmitCamera

Car_54

interstellaflyer wrote: »

The problem is that on some roads the limit changes so often in quite short distances, I remember a few years back, driving on a road somewhere near Huddersfield, the speed limit seemed to change from 30 to 40, back to 30 again on a regular basis and some of the signs were not easy to see due to heavy vegetation and of coarse, there were quite a few speed cameras, I'm convinced that on that particular road it was all done as a cash cow.

The highway authority which decides the limits and puts up and maintains the signs doesn't get any of the fines.

sheramber

DCFC79 wrote: »

Depends if people know what the speed limits are then this is easy to do.

If you don't know the speed limit of the particuar road you are on you won't know what speed will activate the speed camera

zolakesb

The aim is to make people observe speed limits and drive responsible.

interstellaflyer

neilmcl wrote: »

Local or not, something must have informed you what the speed limit on these roads was.

Probably the fact that the vegetation isn't there in the winter.

interstellaflyer

Car_54 wrote: »

The highway authority which decides the limits and puts up and maintains the signs doesn't get any of the fines.

I'm going back 15 years and at the time there was a lot of controversy over that particular counties speed camera policies.

DCFC79

sheramber wrote: »

If you don't know the speed limit of the particuar road you are on you won't know what speed will activate the speed camera

I'm aware of how to tell what a speed limit is for roads but there's folk out who don't know and make it up to suit themselves.