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Wed 31 Oct 2007 12:36
speed camera warning signs - milkyjoe
do speed cameras still have to have the warning signs on the approach , i went past one today ( it was all grey and hard to notice until i was basically level with it) and i didnt see any camera warning signs as i approached, in fact there arent any cause i went by again to check, IIRC from speed awareness course the chap running it said they have to provide camera warning signs AND the speed limit on the particular road concerned displayed on the run up to the scamera is that still the case or have i been had?
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 12:39
speed camera warning signs - bell boy
sure i readed this very week that they dont have to paint them gaudy colours anymore?,im sure somebody far more intelligent can slaborate though more on this?
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 12:43
speed camera warning signs - OldSock
IIRC from speed
awareness course .......


Did you actually attend that speed awareness course? :-)
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 13:56
speed camera warning signs - Dwight Van Driver
No statutory obligation to have speed camera warning signs on approach.

True there was a an obligation to have the camera boxes painted yellow but HMG have since decreed that this is no longer necesssry and can blend into the background colour.

dvd
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 17:28
speed camera warning signs - milkyjoe
No statutory obligation to have speed camera warning signs on approach.

thats not very sporting of the blighters, in my opinion second only to the u boat menace during the war, oh well il wait and see what drops thru the letter box tomorrow
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 17:23
speed camera warning signs - milkyjoe

Did you actually attend that speed awareness course? :-)

yep.... didnt want the 3 points , still had to pay the £60 tho, oh and by the way there were 4 men and 16 women the day i went and we had all been caught doing 36 in a 30
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 17:34
speed camera warning signs - Lud
How long does it take, actually, to teach people to make a rough assessment of their speed by eye and confirm it with an occasional glance at the speedometer? I have often wondered milkyjoe.

Six hours? Three days?

Sounds like a genteel form of imprisonment to me, in the case anyway of hoary old motorists like ourselves.
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Wed 31 Oct 2007 18:51
speed camera warning signs - nick
We have a saint on the forum! If not a saint, then certainly holier than most of us :-)

Edited by nick on 31/10/2007 at 18:52

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Wed 31 Oct 2007 19:05
speed camera warning signs - milkyjoe
well said nick
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If you cover no more than 100 miles per day and have easy access to a charging point at home or work, then an EV is ideal for you.

Is an electric car right for me?