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Old 08 November 2007, 07:50 AM
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I drove into London on the A13 and back around the Nth circular the other day.
I must have gone through about 30 speed cameras I reckon.
I believe these cameras are put in place by someone called the London Safety Camera Partnership.
Also to be noted was the relative lack of signage indicating the speed restrictions in place.
Now I am a bit thick, so I was wondering if someone can explain to me how driving around looking at your speedo whilst occasionally glancing through he windscreen to search for cameras, guessing what the speed limit is, can possibly be an aid to road safety?
Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
Old 08 November 2007, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by cster
I drove into London on the A13 and back around the Nth circular the other day.
I must have gone through about 30 speed cameras I reckon.
I believe these cameras are put in place by someone called the London Safety Camera Partnership.
Also to be noted was the relative lack of signage indicating the speed restrictions in place.
Now I am a bit thick, so I was wondering if someone can explain to me how driving around looking at your speedo whilst occasionally glancing through he windscreen to search for cameras, guessing what the speed limit is, can possibly be an aid to road safety?
Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
An intelligent person like yourself must realise it's not safety that's the prime consideration here, it's the money! There are more cameras than miles on the North Circular. On the rare occasions that I use it, my Origin B2 is flashing and beeping almost constantly! Having said that, it was a bit of a race track at one time!
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Old 08 November 2007, 10:54 AM
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I leave it down to my tracker to tell me about the camera's lol
Most of the camera's on the A13 have speed signs near them, in town the limit is common sense.

Welcome to London driving.
Old 08 November 2007, 12:14 PM
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Welcome to London.

With all the Camera locations being announced by my sat-nav it make hands-free phone calls difficult to hear
Old 08 November 2007, 12:46 PM
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Most cameras are a cash cow!
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london eh u gotta love it, unless those cameras catch u, notice on m4 cameras going in 2 slow u, none after flyover coming out, they want u out quick, they already got u on congestion charge, so either way u get done.
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Originally Posted by hrness
london eh u gotta love it, unless those cameras catch u, notice on m4 cameras going in 2 slow u, none after flyover coming out, they want u out quick, they already got u on congestion charge, so either way u get done.
too true
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London! You got to love it! Forget about the speeding fines! It's the £8 a day to go to work in the city! Then the £160 i have to pay to park out side my own house! And the best bit is u can never find a space out side your own house! Then there are the parking meters were i live.... 30p for 5 Min's

Would not leave the smoke for anything!!!! (wounder how the work on my new house in essex is going)
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