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I should clarify, there are cameras on motorways but hardly any on local roads where the 20 speed limit is used. Also, all cameras are signposted and there are

by Paul_S 3y ago

I should clarify, there are cameras on motorways but hardly any on local roads where the 20 speed limit is used. Also, all cameras are signposted and there are obvious lines on the road so you can see exactly where the measurement is taken.

isoprophlex 3y ago
Ah right. Yeah we had a good laugh about that, why put up so many if you make it so easy to spot them?!
- pjc50 3y ago
  That's a "consent of the governed" thing; they're unpopular enough already, but making them sneaky, hiding them round corners, etc. was even more unpopular, so in a spirit of British fair play they are fully visible and if you get caught it's your own fault for not paying attention.
- anonymous_sorry 3y ago
  Politics basically. When they were first being installed, drivers got all whiny and said it wasn't fair. They were being tricked and local authorities were using them to raise cash rather than enforce speed limits. Cameras were placed where speeding was very common, and councils were supposedly hiding them behind foliage to catch as many people as possible. If they were really about stopping speeding, shouldn't they be visible? Basically, drivers didn't want to have to obey the speed limit all the time (God forbid!). But they could just about put up with being forced to obey the limit where it was particularly dangerous. So to mollify the car lobby a rule was introduced that the cameras had to be highly visible.
alexfoo 3y ago
There are three speed cameras in 20mph limits near me in my area of London. Whenever I'm near them I see someone flashed by them about once every 5 minutes (one is opposite a bus stop that I often wait at). It's surprising just how many people will continue to speed past these very visible cameras.
- bananapear 3y ago
  Cloned plates
  - alexfoo 3y ago
    Possibly, but it's a dangerous long game to play. You're at the mercy of pretty much every Police patrol car with ANPR once the cloned plates are tagged as such. Getting caught with cloned plates is far more serious.

by Paul_S 3y ago

isoprophlex 3y ago

Ah right. Yeah we had a good laugh about that, why put up so many if you make it so easy to spot them?!

pjc50 3y ago
That's a "consent of the governed" thing; they're unpopular enough already, but making them sneaky, hiding them round corners, etc. was even more unpopular, so in a spirit of British fair play they are fully visible and if you get caught it's your own fault for not paying attention.
anonymous_sorry 3y ago
Politics basically. When they were first being installed, drivers got all whiny and said it wasn't fair. They were being tricked and local authorities were using them to raise cash rather than enforce speed limits. Cameras were placed where speeding was very common, and councils were supposedly hiding them behind foliage to catch as many people as possible. If they were really about stopping speeding, shouldn't they be visible? Basically, drivers didn't want to have to obey the speed limit all the time (God forbid!). But they could just about put up with being forced to obey the limit where it was particularly dangerous. So to mollify the car lobby a rule was introduced that the cameras had to be highly visible.

alexfoo 3y ago

There are three speed cameras in 20mph limits near me in my area of London. Whenever I'm near them I see someone flashed by them about once every 5 minutes (one is opposite a bus stop that I often wait at). It's surprising just how many people will continue to speed past these very visible cameras.

bananapear 3y ago
Cloned plates
- alexfoo 3y ago
  Possibly, but it's a dangerous long game to play. You're at the mercy of pretty much every Police patrol car with ANPR once the cloned plates are tagged as such. Getting caught with cloned plates is far more serious.